In Bolivia, the slogan “Jiwaspachaw apnaqasjañasa” (“Self-governance is fundamental”) can often be heard in indigenous Aymara communities—in meetings, assemblies, city neighborhoods, conferences, in ...

New analysis of the language and gesture of South America's indigenous Aymara people indicates they have a concept of time opposite to all other studied cultures -- so that the past is ahead of them ...

‘Could you imagine yourself speaking a language, your mother tongue, at home and then going to school and learning a foreign language? It is a big shock,’ says Ruben Hilare, an activist from the ...

Since May 2022, it has been possible to use Google Translate to translate Aymara. This is the newest technological advancement for the Aymara language, spoken by more than two million people in ...

This post is part of our special coverage on Languages and the Internet. One of the newest Global Voices Lingua sites is also its first in an indigenous language, Aymara. This native language is ...

Newswise — Tell an old Aymara speaker to "face the past!" and you just might get a blank stare in return " because he or she already does. New analysis of the language and gesture of South America's ...

On the line, a woman speaking in the Indigenous Aymara language explains that she was beaten up by her brothers-in-law in a land dispute and needs a lawyer. Aguilar, Aymara herself, is on the case.

The author of this story is the Community Manager of Localization Lab. She has worked with Jaqi Aru in the project that translated the Orbot app into Aymara. A community of Aymara language activists ...

When the Aymara people in South America want to forget something, they don’t want to put it behind them — they want to put it ahead of them. The Aymara language have the same word for “front” and ...