aymTechnical information about ISO 639 language code aym
The table below provides technical details for the Aymara language, designated by the aym code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Aymara Native Aymar aru |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central AymaraSouthern Aymara |
| Related languages | JaqaruKawki |
| Key facts | Highly agglutinative, stacking long sequences of suffixes on verb and noun stemsObligatory evidential markers indicate whether information is witnessed, inferred, or reportedDefault clause order is Subject-Object-VerbOnly three vowel qualities (a, i, u) exist, each contrasting in short and long lengthThe first full grammar and dictionary were produced by Jesuit scholar Ludovico Bertonio in 1612. |
| Sample phrase | Kamisaraki? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Aymara language, identified by the code aym, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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