Aymara Course in Chicago, Summer 2009

For anyone interested in learning Aymara, it will be taught by Miguel Huanca (a native speaker from Bolivia) at the University of Chicago in summer 2009.  You can find more information about the course here, and there is funding available through FLAS. I took Prof. Huanca’s course and later worked with him a little on [...]

Want to learn K’iche’ Maya?

The University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with Vanderbilt University’s Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, will offer a new summer intensive immersion language program in K’iche’ Maya on site in Nahualá, Guatemala. The program will be offered from June 23-August 1, 2008. This is a FLAS-approved summer language program. [...]

Want to learn Garifuna?

In the interest of promoting the learning of indigenous languages (especially those rarely taught in the United States), I’m posting this (non-Bolivia-related) information: The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies will offer a new summer intensive immersion language program in Garifuna from June 30-August 8, 2008. The program will be conducted at the [...]

Learn (or practice) Aymara online

Prof. Hardman’s webpage for learning Aymara has been updated and can be viewed in either English or Spanish. While there’s no substitute for taking a class with a native speaker (my own training from Miguel Huanca was invaluable), this online resource will be wonderful for those who are unable to take a course in person, [...]

Qullasuy markan runakapa

Friend & fellow Bolivian blogger, Eddie Avila has been busy w/ his Global Voices project in Bolivia. One of these is the first Aymara-language blog, a new expansion on the new Voces Bolivianas project. For news from this, and other “Rising Voices” projects, see this post.