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Aymara is an agglutinating language of roots and sufixes. This agglutination is given by the action of the sufixes over the roots according to rules which are the fundamental of the Aymara grammar. Presently Aymara is spoken by one million, six hundred thousand inhabitants from Bolivia, Peru and Chile; around lake Titicaca.

There are several theories on the language of Tiwanaku. In this site we are with the one which says that Aymara was partially spoken and therefore Tiwanaku was a multilingual state. After Tiwanaku's decadence there were many other Aymara cultures, among them the Lupaqa and the Qolla. In the XV century the Inca empire conquered the entire Titicaca Plateau region and never more arose a politicaly independent Aymara nation.

Still today we can find a wild variety of potato around lake Titicaca, where it is called qamaqi ch'uqi (the fox's potato). This allow us to conjecture that the ancient aymaras were who discover a way to grow edible potatoes. If this conjecture is right, we can say that the legacy of the POTATO is the ancient Aymara culture's most important contribution to mankind.

Aymar qillqat ullañani Aymara aru arst'añaxa jiwasanakankaskiwa. Arusaxa ch'amani, muxsa, thurunchata, qhipanakaxa yatiqata, yatxatata. Aymara FAQ Answers about this site and a lot of concise answers to most common and important questions on Aymara language, history and culture. Aymara Bibliography Lists of papers on Aymara, originally published at other sites which are re-published here. Also other sources of this site as well as our bookmarks. External Links Lists of other websites related to Aymara. Website updated at 2001/08/25.