Chuqu Chuquni

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Chuqu Chuquni
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Chuqu Chuquni
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 5,000 m (16,000 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 16°32′08″S69°54′05″W / 16.53556°S 69.90139°W / -16.53556; -69.90139 Coordinates: 16°32′08″S69°54′05″W / 16.53556°S 69.90139°W / -16.53556; -69.90139  
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Chuqu Chuquni (Aymara chuqu chuqu icicle, [2] -ni a suffix, "the one with many icicles", hispanicized spelling Chojochojone) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Santa Rosa District. [1]

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.

Icicle spike of ice formed by water dripping and freezing

An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes.

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

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References

  1. 1 2 escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the El Collao Province (Puno Region)
  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)


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