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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, 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

* '' Corazón Aymara'' (English: ''Aymara Heart''), 1925 Bolivian silent feature film directed by Pedro Sambarino * Grupo Aymara, 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, a protected area in southeastern Peru


Nature

* '' Aymaramyia'', genus of crane bird found in Peru * '' Aymaratherium'', genus of extinct sloth * '' Anthidium aymara'', Chilean species of bee in the family Megachilidae * Aymara parakeet, alias of grey-hooded parakeet (''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