Aymara 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. Aymara, along with Spanish and Quechua, is an official language in Bolivia and Peru.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2007-2014 estimate, native speakers; the infobox gives this as the inclusive code aym figure, which also covers the Central Aymara and Southern Aymara individual codes. StatusWikipedia article on Aymara: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. RegionBolivia, Chile, Peru, Argentina 1 Classification
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In Family
Source Wikipedia: Aymara Language
Written In
Aymara is standardly written in a Latin-based alphabet.
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Source Wikipedia: AymaraLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 3Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Aymara or Aimara (Aymara: aymara, ) people are an Indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.
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1. Wikipedia: Aymara Language
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It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox: date
2007-2014
Infobox, Native to
Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Argentina
Official status, Aymara entity page
Aymara, along with Spanish and Quechua, is an official language in Bolivia and Peru.
In Family: Aymaran, Infobox, Language family
Aymaran
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