Peru: A Country Not A Nation

In Peru you have many citizens who have Quechua and Aymara as their mother languages; they are officially where they are spoken, but people who speak Spanish in most of the cases stigmatise who has a Quechua or Aymara accent when they speak Spanish. So that means they are bilingual, and they are criticised for their talent to know a second language.

Peru easily can have the linguistic diversity of Switzerland, The Netherlands or Belgium. Giving to their citizens, not just the untitled, to have a high cultural level and to open many other cultural opportunities like learning other literature, philosophy or history for example . If in Peru people will speak: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and English(Essential for the modern world and life) this will act as a sign of pride not for the country, but to finally create a nation that right now is far away of existence. Learning other languages will make the people understand the logic and the feelings that have their fellow citizens in their country. A language is the door of access to the most inner world of people. I hope this will become a reality one day.

Jose Maria Arguedas, who was in my opinion one of the most prepared intellectuals to talk about this topic, spoke perfectly Quechua, and the Cosmos of its words gave him an access of trust into the most diffident communities. He said that when he is happy or sad he thinks in Quechua, since it is the best language to use for rationalisation the feelings.