Aymara may refer to:

Languages and people

Aymaran languages Aymaran (also Jaqi or Aru) is one of the two dominant language families in the central Andes alongside Quechuan. The family consists of Aymara, widely spoken in Bolivia, and the endangered Jaqaru and Kawki languages of Peru. Hardman (1978) p ...

, the second most widespread Andean language **

Aymara language Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran languages, Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Indigenous languages of the Americas, Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other ...

, the main language within that family **

Central Aymara Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other native American languages with more than one million spe ...

, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today includes only the endangered Jaqaru/Kawki language *

Aymara people The Aymara or Aimara (, ) people are an Indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. Approximately 2.3 million Aymara live in northwest Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The ancestors of the Aymara lived in the reg ...

, the native ethnic group identified with the speakers of Altiplano Aymara

Culture

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Corazón Aymara ''Corazón Aymara'' (''Aymara Heart'') is a 1925 lost Bolivian silent feature film, directed by Pedro Sambarino. Production background This film is generally described as Bolivia's first ever fiction feature film. It portrays an Aymara woman ...

'' (English: ''Aymara Heart''), 1925 Bolivian silent feature film directed by Pedro Sambarino *

Grupo Aymara Grupo Aymara are a Bolivian folk troupe that have been acclaimed worldwide for its inspiring interpretations of traditional music of pre-Hispanic and contemporary music of the Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range ...

, Bolivian folk troupe of traditional music of pre-Hispanic and contemporary music of the Andes * Socialist Aymara Group (Spanish: ''Grupo Aymara Socialista''), left-wing indigenous political group in Bolivia

Places

* Aymaraes Province, the largest of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru *

Aymara Lupaca Reserved Zone The Aymara Lupaca Reserved Zone was a protected area in southeastern Peru, set up in 1996, with an area of around 200,000 hectares. It was expanded in January 2006, but the decree was repealed in 2009. The zone was established to protect the flora ...

, a protected area in southeastern Peru

Nature

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Aymaramyia ''Aymaramyia'' is a genus of crane fly, Tipuloidea, in the family Limoniidae. There is only one known species. Distribution Peru Species *''Aymaramyia dubia'' Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent beare ...

'', genus of crane bird found in Peru * ''

Aymaratherium ''Aymaratherium'' is an extinct genus of nothrotheriid ground sloths that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene of Bolivia. Fossils of ''Aymaratherium'' have been found in the Pomata Ayte locality of the Umala Formation. Etymology Th ...

'', genus of extinct sloth * ''

Anthidium aymara ''Anthidium aymara'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. Distribution *Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost count ...

'', Chilean species of bee in the family Megachilidae * Aymara parakeet, alias of

grey-hooded parakeet The grey-hooded parakeet (''Psilopsiagon aymara''), also known as the Aymara parakeet or Sierra parakeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in northwestern Argentina and Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or t ...

(''Psilopsiagon aymara''), a species of parrot found in South America * '' Hoplias aimara'', the wolf fish from South America * ''Metriopelia aymara'', Latin name of golden-spotted ground dove, a species of bird found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages