Ajmara (jezik)

Teritorije na kojima se govori ajmara (crveno), 1984. godina

Ajmara (šp. aimara, aymara), na jeziku ajmara, jaya mara aru ili jaqi aru, je jezik iz porodice aru jezika koji se govori u Boliviji, Čileu i Peruu. Dobio je ime po narodu ajmara i ima zvaničan status u Peruu i Boliviji.

Ajmara ima dva bratska jezika: kavki (šp. kawki) za koji se smatra da je nestao, i hakari (šp. jaqari) koji se govori u oblasti Tupe gde ima nekoliko hiljada govornika.

Literatura

• Rafael E. Núñez, & Eve Sweetser With the Future Behind Them : Convergent Evidence From Aymara Language and Gesture in the Crosslinguistic Comparison of Spatial Construals of Time. Архивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (23. фебруар 2021) Cognitive Science, 30(3), 1-49.
• Gifford, Douglas. Time Metaphors in Aymara and Quechua. St. Andrews: University of St. Andrews, 1986.
• Guzmán de Rojas, Iván. Logical and Linguistic Problems of Social Communication with the Aymara People. Manuscript report / International Development Research Centre, 66e. [Ottawa]: International Development Research Centre, 1985.
• Hardman, Martha James (1981). The Aymara Language in Its Social and Cultural Context: A Collection Essays on Aspects of Aymara Language and Culture. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-0695-6. 
• Hardman, Martha James, Juana Vásquez, and Juan de Dios Yapita. Aymara Grammatical Sketch: To Be Used with Aymar Ar Yatiqañataki. Gainesville, Fla: Aymara Language Materials Project, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Florida, 1971.
• Hardman, Martha James. Primary research materials online as full-text in the University of Florida's Digital Collections, on Dr. Hardman's website, and learning Aymara resources by Dr. Hardman.