Language name and locationː Apurinã, Amazonas state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿普里纳语, 巴西西北部亚马逊州普魯斯河流域地区

1. hãtɨ or ãtɨ 

2. epi

3. hãtɨ epi paknɨ ( 2+1 ) ( litː pakɨnɨ means 'plus' )

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Sidney Facundes, Department of linguistics, Federal University of Pará, Brazil. October 5, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Sidney Facundes, 2008 年 10 月 5 日.

Other comments:  Apurinã or Ipurinã is spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers out of
10,000 ethnic population in Amazonas state: Purus river, from Rio Branco to Manaus. Apurinã numeral system is being replaced by the decimal system from the Portuguese language. It's based on 2: 1= hãty (or ãy), 2= epi (or ipi), 3: hãty epi pakyny (where pakyny means 'plus'), 4= epi epi pakyny. Although some of the speakers my be induced to say epi epi hãty for '5', normally they would say hãty waku 'one hand'. Usually they don't count more than 3, sometimes 4. If induced they can keep over 5 using the 2 based system, but this does not seem to be natural to them and they soon get lost. More than three or for will just be 'many'. The variations in pronunciations are due to geographic distribution.

Note that: "y" is the high central unrounded vowel = IPA [ɨ]. Since most Apurinã speakers also speak Portuguese, when they need to count more over 5 they use the numbers from Portuguese.

Language name and locationː Apurinã, Amazonas state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿普里纳语, 巴西西北部亚马逊州普魯斯河流域地区

1. ãti

2. ipi

3. ipi ãti  ( 2+1 )

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Cathie Aberdour, Wycliffe Bible Translators, England, March 16, 1991.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Cathie Aberdour, 1991 年 3 月 16 日.

Other comments: Apurinã or Ipurinã is spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers out of
10,000 ethnic population in Amazonas state: Purus river, from Rio Branco to Manaus. Apurinã has only two words for 'one' and 'two'. They can say three, four, five and six as combinations of one and two. They have tried to learn number concepts as adults and because there are no words for the numbers in Apurinã, they have to use the Portuguese words. It's essential for them to know numbers so that they can understand bills for purchase and debts that traders give to them. Otherwise they can be very easily cheated.