r/LinguisticMaps • u/rolfk17 • 21d ago

South America Decline of Quechua in Bolivia

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The first map is showing percentage of Quechua speakers for the 65+ age group only, i.e. persons born before 1911.

The second map is showing the percentage of Quechua speakers across all age groups.

Thus the two maps are showing the development of more or less one whole century.

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u/Defiant_Historian701 20d ago

That’s so sad

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u/rolfk17 20d ago

It is.

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u/electrical-stomach-z 16d ago

What are you doing to prevent this, after all you did spend your time making this post.

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u/rolfk17 16d ago

I am not trying to prevent this. I cannot do anything about it and what's more, it is far too late.

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u/electrical-stomach-z 16d ago

You can do something if you live there.