During the last decades there has been a growing process of acculturation, increased by the Aymara mobility.
There have been massive migrations to the ports of Arica and Iquique, as well as to nearby pampa villages.
As a consequence, this process has weakened the Aymara language, leaving uncertain its future.
From the Aymara view, the main causes of this process have been droughts, religious conflicts, educational problems, social pressure and the search for new job opportunities.
Currently, the Aymara population in Chile is 89.284 people, living mainly in the First and in the Metropolitan regions.
The Aymara conceive the Andean environment, where they originated and where find well being for their community, as their proper habitat. The natural environment and the supernatural world constitute their reality.