Kunturini (Bolivia)

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Kunturini
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Kunturini
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
Coordinates 15°03′53″S68°56′06″W / 15.06472°S 68.93500°W / -15.06472; -68.93500 Coordinates: 15°03′53″S68°56′06″W / 15.06472°S 68.93500°W / -15.06472; -68.93500
Geography
Location Bolivia,
La Paz Department
Parent range Andes

Kunturini (Aymara kunturi condor, [1] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a condor", also spelled Condorini) is a mountain east of the Apolobamba mountain range in Bolivia, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, Bautista Saavedra Province, Curva Municipality. [2]

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.

Condor name for two species of vultures

Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua kuntur. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.

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. "Diccionario Bilingüe, Castellano - Aymara, 2002". Félix Layme Pairumani. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2014. (see: Cóndor)
  2. "Curva". ine.gob.bo. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.