Vitality of the Aymara Language

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v13i1.22623

Keywords:

Aymara language, chair of Aimara, diversity, ethnic resistance, identity, territorial, vitality

Abstract

Vitality in the Aimara language can be assessed in several ways and you can be seen it as an endangered language. In this appraisal there are some factors arising from a ground of positive cultural diversity may influence the process of asserting a groups’s own identity or, to understand respect the identity of the others.In this last point the political (ie, attaining official status), religious, scholarly (chair of Aimara), literary (written sources), territorial, identity and ethnic resistance aspects can be seen as factors of vitality. But identity and self-esteem can also be reflected in the number of speakers, by social prestige, availability of media, and its use historical and cultural codification, and ways of expressing each other the words and by oneself.

Author Biography

  • Felipe Huayhua Pari, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru

    Correo: fhuayhuap@unmsm.edu.pe

    Bachiller y Licenciado en linguística por la UNMSM. Es magister en Linguística y también Magister Educación con mención en Educación Bilingue Intercultural. Intérprete y traductor en lengua aymara. Autor de numerosas publicaciones en relación con el tema aymara e intercultural bilingüe.

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Published

2013-11-18

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How to Cite

Huayhua Pari, F. (2013). Vitality of the Aymara Language. Lengua Y Sociedad, 13(1), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v13i1.22623