Tankani (Bolivia)

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Tankani
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Tankani
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,672 m (15,328 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 18°08′51″S68°17′49″W / 18.14750°S 68.29694°W / -18.14750; -68.29694 Coordinates: 18°08′51″S68°17′49″W / 18.14750°S 68.29694°W / -18.14750; -68.29694  
Geography
Location Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sajama Province
Parent range Andes

Tankani (Aymara tanka hat and biretta of priests, [2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a biretta", Hispanicized spelling Tancani) is a 4,672-metre-high (15,328 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, in the north of the Turco Municipality. Tankani is situated west of the mountain Yaritani and north-east of the mountain Mamaniri. [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.

Biretta square cap with three or four peaks or horns

The biretta is a square cap with three or four peaks or horns, sometimes surmounted by a tuft. Traditionally the three peaked biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy. The four peaked biretta is worn as academic dress by those holding a doctoral degree from a pontifical faculty or pontifical university. Occasionally the biretta is worn by advocates in law courts, for instance the advocates in the Channel Islands.

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.


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Tankani (Peru) mountain in Peru

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Churi Wiqu (Moquegua-Puno)

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Tanka Tanka (Bolivia) mountain in Bolivia

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Tanka Tanka (Oruro)

Tanka Tanka is a 4,014-metre-high (13,169 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia. It is located in the Oruro Department, San Pedro de Totora Province. Tanka Tanka lies at the Sulluma River, southeast of Lluqu Lluqu.

References

  1. 1 2 BIGM map 1:50,000 Estancia Marcarani Hoja 5939-IV
  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. ↑ "Turco". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2014. (unnamed)
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