Andean Aymara

Maraptis jilatanaka, kullakanaka! Nax jichuruw markaxar avionna sarawxaxa, wali jayawa… ukat kuttanihaw - kimsaqallaqun nax Muylaqi markar sarawxaxa. Hikisinkama, yusilopay!
Hello from Tacna. Well, the three months are over. The last few weeks in Muylaque and Sijuaya went productively, I worked 10 hour days, from sun-up to well past dark, and it paid off - [...]

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¡Maraptis jilatanaka, kullakanaka! ¿Kamisaraki? Nax hichhax Moquegua markantwa. Aka jaqix wali sumaw, manq’aña sumarakiwa piru sinti lupiwa. ¡Sumarus! Arumant Muylaqi markan saranitwa pa liebrempi (aka liebrenakax Mariatakiwa). Wal kusisitwa. Hikhisinkama …

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On November 1 the people of Muylaque, together with the people of other villages all over the area celebrate All Saint’s Day. Preparation begins on the last day of October, when, in the early morning, all the single adults go to the graveyard, in the mountains surrounding Muylaque, and clean the area, hacking away the [...]

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Here are some of the faces of Aymara speakers from Muylaque, Sijuaya, San Cristobal, and Calacoa who participated in the research project. ¡Yusilupai!

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Hello from Moquegua. Arrived here a couple days ago to back-up data and work with a couple consultants, Elmer Banegas Flores and his brother, Edwin Banegas Flores, who are spending a few days here. The research comes along well and the project is quickly growing and expanding as the data grows. The biggest hurdle is [...]

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Greetings from Peru! The research continues as planned. Today Radio Calacoa invited me to do an interview with their host, Prof Gino Mendoza Fernandez Davila, in which we discussed the project and asked for the cooperation of the locals in the communities of the area. This was an excellent forum to discuss the project since [...]

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Just about a week before I head off to Peru to conduct the second stage of this project. Muylaque and Sijuaya seem so far away from the Canary Islands.

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Peter Austin has an interesting post titled “Glossed texts - the fiddle factor” posted 7 Sept 2008. Indeed, most transcriptions are not a perfect match for the audio. Not only would such a document be hard to read by anyone not a discourse analyst, but it would take a lot of time to create. [...]

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Translation added to website

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