Language name and locationː Shawã, Brazil [Not reported on Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 沙瓦语, 巴西

1. vis'tiʔ

2. ra'vɨʔ̃

3. ra'vɨ inũ vis'tiʔ 

4. ra'vɨ inũ ra'vɨʔ ( litː ''two pairs'' ?)

5. bɨkɨ'huʔ (litː ''bɨkɨ'huʔ''= hand ? )

6. bɨkɨ'huʔ inũ vis'tiʔ

7. bɨkɨ'huʔ inũ ra'vɨʔ̃

8. bɨkɨ'huʔ inũ ra'vɨ inũ vis'tiʔ

9. bɨkɨ'huʔ inũ ra'vɨ inũ ra'vɨʔ̃

10. bɨkɨ'huʔ ra'vɨʔ̃ ( litː ''two hands''? )

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Emerson Carvalho de Souza, PD students at

Dept. of Linguistics, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (State University of

Campinas),  Brazil. August 2, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Emerson Carvalho de Souza , 2011 年 8 月 2 日.

Other comments: Shawã or Arara is Panoan language spoken on Juruá, State of Acre

by four indigenous communities. in the river Humaitá and river Bage. Groups that are in river Humaitá are known as Shawãdawa, the residents of river Bage are called Jamináwa-Arara. However, it is important to say that in both places are descendents Shawãdawa group, speakers of Shawã. According to the sense held between the months February to April 2010, the total population is approximately 880 people, distributed as follows: Bage220 and Humaitá 660.

Like other Panoan languages,  Shawã  has two words can be regarded as numbers and

the word ''bɨkɨ'huʔ'' in 5 and 10 are related to 'hand'.