Jayuni

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Jayuni
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Jayuni
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,600 m (15,100 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°20′23″S73°42′39″W / 14.33972°S 73.71083°W / -14.33972; -73.71083 Coordinates: 14°20′23″S73°42′39″W / 14.33972°S 73.71083°W / -14.33972; -73.71083  
Geography
Location Peru, Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, Sucre Province
Parent range Andes

Jayuni (Aymara jayu salt, [2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with salt", also spelled Jayune) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,600 m (15,092 ft) high. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Lucanas Province, in the north of the Chipao District. Jayuni lies northwest of Qarwarasu and Sallqan Tiwa. [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.

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 Sucre Province (Ayacucho 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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