Ñuñuni Qalani

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Ñuñuni Qalani
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Ñuñuni Qalani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,940 m (16,210 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°03′56″S68°12′28″W / 16.06556°S 68.20778°W / -16.06556; -68.20778 Coordinates: 16°03′56″S68°12′28″W / 16.06556°S 68.20778°W / -16.06556; -68.20778  
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Real

Ñuñuni Qalani (Aymara ñuñu breast, qala stone, [2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, also spelled Nununi Khalani) is a mountain in the Andes of Bolivia, about 4,940 metres (16,207 ft) high. It is located in the La Paz Department, Larecaja Province, Guanay Municipality. Ñuñuni Qalani lies in the eastern extensions of the Cordillera Real. It is situated south-east of the river Uma Pallqa ("water bifurcation", Uma Palca) and the village of Uma Pallqa. [1] [3]

Aymara language native language in South America

Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over one million speakers. Aymara, along with Spanish, is one of the official languages of Bolivia and parts of Peru. It is also spoken, to a much lesser extent, by some communities in northern Chile, where it is a recognized minority language.

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Zongo 5945-I
  2. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ "Guanay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved November 3, 2014. (unnamed)


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