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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Greg Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gregsmitholpc@gmail.com">gregsmitholpc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Yama,<br><br>Thanks for the report and great work.<br><br>I have a low priority question for you.<br><br>
How is "name" - "suti" used in Aymara? Is the same word used for people<br>and things? Do people have one "suti" or more (e.g. first, last middle,<br>etc). Do you use different names depending on who is speaking and the<br>
relationship between the speaker and the person they are speaking to?<br>How do they separate Proper Nouns from other nouns (like XO from<br>computer or Boston from city)?<br><br>Any other interesting aspects of how people using Aymara think and use<br>
the concept of "name"?<br><br>I could probably look this up on the Internet, but I thought you might<br>have some insight based on your first hand experience.<br><br>Not important for the roll out or the software. Just for my own<br>
edification and joy of learning.<br><br></blockquote>
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<div>Greg,</div>
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<div>I am no Aymarista and I can't answer you question about nomenclature in Aymara, but it will be very interesting to see how certain concepts about time will be translated. Apparently Aymara (along with Quechua) are among the few languages/cultures where the past is seen (and gestured) as being in front of you (as opposed to behind you).</div>
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<div>The wikipedia article on Aymara mentions some very interesting and unique features of this linguistic heritage, such as ternary logic (not binary), and the interest it has drawn from people like Umberto Eco and others.</div>
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<div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymara_language">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymara_language</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/feb/24/4">http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/feb/24/4</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060622/news_7m22aymara.html">http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060622/news_7m22aymara.html</a></div>
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<div>cjl</div>
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