Andean Aymara

¡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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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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