Gisteron wrote: I must have missed something, too. Would anyone who does understand, please, explain?
this thread is about Bolivia, love/hate, Love, a hope for peace, and whatever else you find that brings you hope or peace.
The rarest language in Bolivia is Kallawaya. It is not a language spoken by an ethnic group, but is a learned language used by healers, mostly adult men. Kallawaya has vocabulary in it from Puquina, an extinct language. Puquina was driven into extinction by Quechua, Aymara, and Spanish. In Ecuador, only 20 elderly people are left, who still speak Zaparo. Zaparo is spoken in the Amazon region of Ecuador. The Zaparo abandoned their language for Spanish, when the rubber boom came into their area. Which shows that a language becomes endangered or extinct, when it loses its currency in the marketplace. The language of the marketplace became Spanish. Ecuador also has the most endangered species of any nation in the world. It has 2,211 endangered species. Many times the knowledge about endangered species is locked up in the local language. Which is the reason why the World Wildlife Fund is in a partnership with Terralingua. Terralingua combines the two together as biocultural diversity.
http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/elections/politics-and-ethnicity-in-ecuador-and-bolivia-twins-or-opposites
https://www.minds.com/blog/view/370619333145006080/bolivia-passes-law-of-mother-earth-which-gives-rights-to-our-planet-as-a-living-system
Bolivia boasts over 17,000 species of seed plants, including over 1,200 species of fern, 1,500 species of marchantiophyta and moss, and at least 800 species of fungus. In addition, there are more than 3,000 species of medicinal plants. Bolivia is considered the place of origin for such species as peppers and chili peppers, peanuts, the common beans, yucca, and several species of palm. Bolivia also naturally produces over 4,000 kinds of potatoes.
Bolivia has more than 2,900 animal species, including 398 mammals, over 1,400 birds (70% of birds known in the world, being the sixth most diverse country in terms of bird species)[45][unreliable source?], 204 amphibians, 277 reptiles, and 635 fish, all fresh water fish as Bolivia is a landlocked country. In addition, there are more than 3,000 types of butterfly, and more than 60 domestic animals.
