Language Use and Communicative Function of the Aymara and Quechua Language by Bilingual Students

Abstract

The research work deals with the Use of the language and the communicative function of the Aymara and Quechua Language, its purpose was to determine the context of use of the language and the communicative function of the Aymara and Quechua language by the bilingual students of the National University of the Altiplano - Puno, the quantitative, qualitative, descriptive level, non-experimental design approach was chosen, an interview, a survey was used, and convenience sampling was applied; the findings obtained from the research, that bilingual and Spanish-speaking students that the use of Andean languages ​​in the spaces of peasant communities 89.7% inside the house 79.3%, the language fulfills a functional role in society, as a communal social promotion of culture, a symbol of reciprocity and cooperation or solidarity, on the other hand, the original Aymara and Quechua languages ​​are not used by 58.6% in the city and 65.6% within the university, due to the hegemony of the Spanish language and the official language of the Peru; the Aymara and Quechua languages ​​are strengthened by the Amazonian Andean societies and as a means of communicative function 96.6% and an instrument of social fabric, in conclusion the use of the Aymara and Quechua language in the context of the house or home, in the streets, within university and fulfills a communicative function in various contexts.