Language name and locationː Dení, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 德尼语,  巴西

1. uhariaru

2. pamaru  / duhi-kanaru

3. pamini uharihi  ( 2 + 1 ) / tirihi-kanaru

4. pamihi pamihi  ( 2 + 2 ) / kuatu-kanaru

5. izɛpɛ kahariaru (lit: ''one hand'' ) / siku-kanaru

6. izɛpɛ kahariaru * / sihi-kanaru

7. seti-kanaru

8. uitu-kanaru

9. ovi-kanaru

10. izɛpɛ kapamaru (lit: ''two hands'' ) / dehi-kanaru

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. izɛpɛ kaharihi *

16. 

17. 

18. 

19.  

20. izɛpɛ kapamihi kapamihi * / viti-kanaru , 30.tinita-kanaru, 40.kuareta-kanaru

50.sikueta-kanaru, 60.seseta-kanaru

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Vladmir Menezes Cuhha, 26 June, 1995

Summer Institute of Linguistics, Brazil

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Vladmir Menezes Cuhha, 1995 年 6 月 26 日

Other comments: Dení has only two numerals 'one' and 'two'. They used Brazilian

Portuguese with phonological adaptations from two onwards now. Traditionally,

15 can be expressed by ''two hands and one (hand)'' and 20 by ''two hands and two (hands)''.