Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: This paper examines the actual situation of Aymara language in Tarapacá (Region I), the traditional territory inhabited by these indigenous people in Chile. Its aim is to analyse the usage, knowledge and characteristics of the gradual displacement of Aymara language by Spanish, the dominant local language. To do so, the current levels of competence, conditions and contexts of usage and learning, both of the Aymara and Spanish languages are described. Finally, the sociolinguistic dynamics of continuity and change are discussed.
Authors: Jorge Iván Vergara, Hans Gundermann, Héctor González
Institution: Austral University of Chile
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W56938883