Aymaran

Also known as Aymaran languages

language family

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Geographic distribution: Central South America , Andes Mountains
Linguistic classification: Quechumaran ? Aymaran
Subdivisions: Aymara Jaqaru–Kawki
Glottolog: ayma1253

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1442389

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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) proposed the name Jaqi for the family of languages, Alfredo Torero Aru 'to speak', and Rodolfo Cerrón Palomino Aymaran, with two branches, Southern (or Altiplano) Aymaran and Central Aymaran (Jaqaru and Kawki). Other names for the family are Jaqui (also spelled Haki) and Aimara.