Aymara

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Phrases

Vocabulary

Aymaran Alphabet or Aymaran Transliteration is an variant of Latin alphabet. Aymaran alphabet are composed with 32 letters, that is:

Aymaran Alphabet
Capital Letter	Small Letter	IPA	Description
A	a	[a]	It is pronounced according to International Phonetic Alphabet. It is same as "i" in high in English, but not longer and not diphthongized.
Ch	ch	[t͡ʃ]	Like cheap in English.
Chh	chh	[t͡ʃʰ]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Chʼ	chʼ	[t͡ʃʼ]	It is an eyective consonant.
I	i	[i]	Like cream in English, but not longer.
J	j	[h] Southern Aymara (Tacna, Puno and Moquegua). [x] Central Aymara (Bolivia, Chile and Argentina).	Like hot in English. Like the Spanish j.
K	k	[k]	Like the Spanish k.
Kh	kh	[kʰ]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Kʼ	kʼ	[kʼ]	It is an eyective consonant.
L	l	[l]	Like the Spanish l.
Ll	ll	[ʎ]	Like in Spanish llave
M	m	[]
N	n	[]
Ñ	ñ	[]
P	p	[]
Ph	ph	[]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Pʼ	pʼ	[]	It is an eyective consonant.
Q	q	[]
Qh	qh	[]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Qʼ	qʼ	[]	It is an eyective consonant.
R	r	[]
S	s	[]
T	t	[]
Th	th	[]	It is an aspirated consonant.
Tʼ	tʼ	[]	It is an eyective consonant.
U	u	[]
W	w	[]
X	x	[]
Y	y	[]
Ä	ä	[]
Ï	ï	[]
Ü	ü	[]

Singular
- I (exclusive [sender + | receiver — ]) = Naya
- I (inclusive [sender + | receiver + ]) = Jiwasa
- You = Juma
- He / She = Jupa
Plural
- We (exclusive [I and other(s) without you]) = Nayanaka / Nänaka
- We (inclusive [I, you and other(s)] = Jiwasanaka
- You = Jumanaka
- They = Jupanaka

Singular
- My (exclusive) = -ja
- Your = -ma
- His / her = -pa
- My (inclusive) = -sa
Plural
- Our (exclusive) = -nakaja
- Your = -nakama
- Their = -nakapa
- Our (inclusive) = -nakasa