Wisk'achani (Luribay)

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Wisk'achani
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Wisk'achani
Location within Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,040 m (13,250 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 17°05′38″S67°41′34″W / 17.09389°S 67.69278°W / -17.09389; -67.69278 Coordinates: 17°05′38″S67°41′34″W / 17.09389°S 67.69278°W / -17.09389; -67.69278  
Geography
Location Bolivia
La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality
Parent range Andes

Wisk'achani (Aymara wisk'acha a rodent, [2] -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with the viscacha", hispanicized spelling Viscachani) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,040 m (13,250 ft). It is located in the La Paz Department, Loayza Province, Luribay Municipality. [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.

Viscacha rodent

Viscachas or vizcachas are rodents of two genera in the family Chinchillidae. They are native to South America and look similar to, but are not closely related to rabbits. The viscacha looks much like a rabbit due to convergent evolution.

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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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Luribay 6042-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. ↑ "Luribay". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
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