Aymaran · ISO 639-3 ayr
Central Aymara Language
Central Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by about 1.7 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Central Aymara is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Central Aymara language
Central Aymara is spoken by about 1.7 million people, which makes it the 340th most spoken language in the world — just behind Alur (1.7 million) and ahead of Makonde (1.7 million). It belongs to the Aymaran language family.
Where is Central Aymara spoken?
Central Aymara is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Bolivia (1.7 million).
Central Aymara is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Central Aymara is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Aymara.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 ayr.
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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.