Aymaran · ISO 639-3 aym · ay
Aymara Language Aymar aru
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by about 4.0 million people in 2 countries. It is an official language of Bolivia. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Aymara is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Language family
- Aymaran
- Central-Southern Aymara
- Aymara
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Aymara language
Aymara (Aymar aru) is spoken by about 4.0 million people. It belongs to the Aymaran language family.
Where is Aymara spoken?
Aymara is used in 2 countries. The largest communities live in Bolivia (2.5 million) and Peru (521,603).
Share of the population that speaks Aymara: Bolivia 20% (2.5 million) and Peru 1.6% (521,603).
Aymara is an official language in 1 country: Bolivia.
Writing system and status
Aymara is written in the Latin script.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Central Aymara.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 ay, ISO 639-3 aym.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.