Morales Makes Aymara an Official Language

President Evo Morales of Bolivia has announced that the native language of Aymara is an official language in the Andean nation that government officials and public functionaries have to learn to communicate with a majority indigenous population. While there are other native languages spoken like quechua and guaraní, Aymara is spoken the most. Morales, who is Aymara, has been criticized for not given speeches in his native language, and supposedly speaking in Spanish in his recent visit to Ecuador when he meet with leader of the Indigenous People's Federation, CONAIE.

The plan is to have classes in Aymara in public universities, and there is possibility to spread it further into elementary and high schools classes.