Andean Aymara

The Economist has a special edition for the holidays which includes an article entitled “Tongue Twisters” which has to do with difficult languages (for English speakers) which makes mentions of interesting aspects of various languages of the world without using much jargon. They make mention of the phonology of !Xóõ, the agglutinative properties of Turkish, and [...]

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This is an interesting look at the mesh of numerical operations and Andean culture with a particular emphasis on Inkan khipus and the Quechua weaving. The book is accessible even to those with little knowledge of mathematics or anthropology and gives plenty of background, beginning with the initial chapter which offers a brief overview of [...]

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As of 25 August 2008, Peru´s constitution is now in Spanish and Quechua. Of course the question on my mind is what about Aymara?

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El presidente Evo Morales decretó hoy la creación de las primeras tres universidades indígenas en Bolivia, que impartirán sus clases en los idiomas aimara, quechua y guaraní, y con las que pretende “descolonizar” al país “ideológicamente y culturalmente”.

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The NYTimes profiles Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, the amazing 85 year-old man who translated Don Quixote into Quechua for the first time.
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Huh k’iti, la Mancha llahta suyupin, mana yuyarina markapin, yaqa kay watakuna kama, huh axllasqa wiraqucha…
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En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo…
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Somewhere [...]

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