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CentralAymaraLanguage
The CentralAymaraLanguage is an AymaranLanguage of Bolivia. SIL code: AYM. ISO 639-1: ay. ISO 639-2: aym. Population: 1,785,000 in Bolivia (1987), 23.7% of the population. Population total all countries 2,200,000. Region: Whole Altiplano west of eastern Andes. Some migration to the yungas and the lowlands. Comments: Dictionary. Grammar. Churches are active in literacy. Openings in government schools for the use of Aymara literature. Radio programs. Traditional religion, Christian. Bible 1987-1993. Also spoken in: Argentina. (Language name: AYMARA, CENTRAL.) Comments: Quite a few have come from Bolivia looking for work. Sugar mill workers. Bible 1987-1993. Also spoken in: Chile. (Language name: AYMARA, CENTRAL.) Population: 899 (1994 Hans Gundermann K.) speakers in Chile out of 20,000 population (1983 SIL). Comments: Chilean Aymara is very close to La Paz, Bolivia dialect. Bilingualism in Spanish. Bible 1987-1993. Also spoken in: Peru. (Language name: AYMARA, CENTRAL.) Population: 350,320 Aymara in Peru (1987 Cerron-Palomino). Comments: Lupaca is the main literary dialect. Bible 1987-1993.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesAymaranLanguageAn AymaranLanguage is any of three languages found in SouthAmerica that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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