Aymara

Aymara, Aymara; Aymar aru
Speakers	~ 2,230,000
Countries	Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Argentina countries listed by Aymara population.
Status	official
Unicode	???
Direction	lrtb
Alphabet	Latin
ISO 639-1:	ay
ISO 639-2:	aym
ISO/FDIS 639-3:	aym

project to translate Sugar to Aymará

proyecto de traducir Sugar al aymará

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Aymara is an Amerind language with about 2.2 million speakers in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Chile, particular around Lake Titicaca on the high plateaus of the Andes.

Under the influence of the Spanish, the Latin alphabet was adopted to write Aymara. Many different spelling systems have been proposed over the years. In May 9th 1984 and November 18th 1985, the Bolivian and Peruvian goverments respectively introduced a new spelling system known as the Aymara Official Alphabet or Unified Alphabet.

l10n

Character sets

Script layout: is left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Fully supported by Pango the layout engine chosen.

Fonts

Keyboard

Considerations should be taken regarding countries where more than one language is used. Example:

Guarani: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, & Paraguay
Mapudungun: Argentina & Chile
Quechua: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Perú.

Input methods: except for 'standard' keyboard and touchpad would suffice for general use, although special considerations would be needed for physical dissabilities.