Individuals who grow up speaking an indigenous language in Peru, have historically struggled between maintaining their native mother tongue as a means of constructing their identity and connecting to their cultural heritage; versus, being pressured to linguistically shift to Spanish, as this language dominates most of the linguistic spheres of the country. The current constitution indicates that the official languages of the country are Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and other indigenous languages in the areas where they predominate. Nevertheless, this declaration of intention by the government has not done enough to reverse the language shift and loss of the indigenous languages of Peru.