Language name and locationː Akuntsú, Rondônia state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue ]

言名称和分布地区阿昆楚语, 巴西西北部朗多尼亚州亚马逊森林区奥梅雷河原住民领地

 

1. kɨte *

2. tɨrɨ

3. for three, they show the number three in the hand but they also say 'tɨrɨ'

4. tɨrɨ tɨrɨ

For numbers as 6, 8, 10 are shown in the hand by putting the fingers together two by two

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Carolina Coelho Aragon, The Center for American Indian Languages, University of Utah, Utah, USA /  UFPB - Universidade Federal da Paraíba, DLPL - Departamento de Língua Portuguesa e Linguística, Faculty, Brazil. August 11, 2009.

提供资的语言家: Dr. Carolina Coelho Aragon, 2009 年 8 月 11 日.

 

Other comments: Akuntsú is seriously endangered languages spoken by only six people in Rondônia state: Rio Omerê Indigenous Territory, all monolinguals, the remnants of a genocide. Akuntsú people were first contacted by FUNAI only in 1995. Akuntsú has names for the numerals one and two, they use the word 'kɨte' to say also 'alone'. For the number three they show the number three in the hand but they also say 'tɨrɨ'. So, In Akuntsú, numbers as 6, 8, 10 are shown in the hand by putting the fingers together two by two. It is really interesting the way they say 30 days one month.


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