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Aymara

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Phrases

see you tomorrow

qhiphürkama

Where are you from?

Cauquitaastasa?

Mist's place

urputatacheka

To eat ok

suma manq'aña

Vocabulary

Family

• Brother - jilata
• Girl - imilla
• Mist - urpu
• Lightning - q'ixuq'ixu
• Ice - chhuilunkhaya
• Hailstone - chhijchhi

• Otros

• Flag - wiphala

Numerals

Ordinals

• First : nayriri, nayanquiri
• Second : payiri, payanquiri
• Thirth : quimsiri, quisanquiri
• Fourth : pusiri, pusinquiri
• Fifth : pheskeri, pheskanquiri
• Sixth : sojjtiri, sojjtanquiri
• Seventh : pakallkori, pakallkonquiri
• Eighth : quimsakallkori, quimsakallkonquiri
• Ninth : llätunquiri, llätuncanquiri
• Tenth : tunquiri, tuncanquiri

Percentages

• 1% - Sapa patakat maya
• 2% - Sapa patakat paya
• 3% - Sapa patakat kinsa
• 4% - Sapa patakat pusi
• 5% - Sapa patakat pishka
• 6% - Sapa patakat suxta
• 7% - Sapa patakat paqalqu
• 8% - Sapa patakat kinsaqalqu
• 9% - Sapa patakat llatunka
• 10% - Sapa patakat tunka
• 21% - Sapa patakat pä tunk mayani

Alphabet

Aymaran Alphabet or Aymaran Transliteration is an variant of Latin alphabet. Aymaran alphabet are composed with 32 letters, that is:

Aymaran Alphabet

Capital Letter	Small Letter	IPA	Description
A	a	[a]	It is pronounced according to International Phonetic Alphabet. It is same as "i" in high in English, but not longer and not diphthongized.
Ch	ch	[t͡ʃ]	Like cheap in English.
Chh	chh	[t͡ʃʰ]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Chʼ	chʼ	[t͡ʃʼ]	It is an eyective consonant.
I	i	[i]	Like cream in English, but not longer.
J	j	[h] Southern Aymara (Tacna, Puno and Moquegua). [x] Central Aymara (Bolivia, Chile and Argentina).	Like hot in English. Like the Spanish j.
K	k	[k]	Like the Spanish k.
Kh	kh	[kʰ]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Kʼ	kʼ	[kʼ]	It is an eyective consonant.
L	l	[l]	Like the Spanish l.
Ll	ll	[ʎ]	Like in Spanish llave
M	m	[]
N	n	[]
Ñ	ñ	[]
P	p	[]
Ph	ph	[]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Pʼ	pʼ	[]	It is an eyective consonant.
Q	q	[]
Qh	qh	[]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Qʼ	qʼ	[]	It is an eyective consonant.
R	r	[]
S	s	[]
T	t	[]
Th	th	[]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Tʼ	tʼ	[]	It is an eyective consonant.
U	u	[]
W	w	[]
X	x	[]
Y	y	[]
Ä	ä	[]
Ï	ï	[]
Ü	ü	[]

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

• Singular
  • I (exclusive [sender + | receiver — ]) = Naya
  • I (inclusive [sender + | receiver + ]) = Jiwasa
  • You = Juma
  • He / She = Jupa
• Plural
  • We (exclusive [I and other(s) without you]) = Nayanaka / Nänaka
  • We (inclusive [I, you and other(s)] = Jiwasanaka
  • You = Jumanaka
  • They = Jupanaka

Possessives pronoun

• Singular
  • My (exclusive) = -ja
  • Your = -ma
  • His / her = -pa
  • My (inclusive) = -sa
• Plural
  • Our (exclusive) = -nakaja
  • Your = -nakama
  • Their = -nakapa
  • Our (inclusive) = -nakasa

Adjectives

• extraordinaria - supay

Verbs

• to have : -nītwa
• to be : -wa
  • I am a teacher : Nayax yatichirïtwa
• -nni
  • There's pasturage : qullchanni
• drink : lima
  • I drink : umtwa

Prepositions

• until : kama
• Behind : qhipha