Present-day country
Bolivia
6 nations list Bolivia among their present-day countries.
Present-day countries are listed by ISO 3166 names. Many nations live across more than one.
6 nations
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Aymara
Also known as Aimara
Lands The altiplano around Lake Titicaca and nearby valleys and cities of Bolivia and Peru, and the far north of Chile
In Bolivia's 2024 census, more than one million people self-identified as Aymara, and more than one million as Quechua.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Quechua
Also known as Quechuas
Lands Andean highlands and valleys of Peru and Bolivia, with Quechua communities also in Argentina and Chile
Peru's Ministry of Culture reports that 5,179,774 people nationwide feel or consider themselves part of the Quechua peoples.
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Tsimane'
Also known as Chimane
Lands Forests and savannas of the Beni department, Bolivia, mainly along the Maniquí and Apere rivers
Tsimane' livelihoods center on small farms of plantains, rice, corn and sweet manioc, along with fishing, hunting and gathering.
Source: Culture and the Mind project, University of Sheffield (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Uro
Also known as Uru
Lands Lake Titicaca, especially the Bay of Puno in Peru, with Uru communities also in Bolivia
In Peru's 2017 census, 681 people self-identified as part of the Uro people.
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Uru Chipaya
Also known as Chipaya
Lands Chipaya, on the altiplano of Oruro department, Bolivia
The Uru Chipaya statute recognizes the Uru Chipaya language as an official language of their autonomous government.
Source: Órgano Electoral Plurinacional de Bolivia, Fuente Directa (opens in a new tab) Checked
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Wichí
Lands Gran Chaco of northern Argentina, mainly Salta, Formosa and Chaco provinces, with related communities in southern Bolivia
In 2010 Argentina's Chaco province made the Wichí, Qom and Moqoit languages official languages of the province alongside Spanish.
Source: L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, Université Laval (CEFAN) (opens in a new tab) Checked