Arikapu

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

语言名称和分布地区: 阿里帕库语, 巴西西北部朗多尼亚州阿玛逊森林区

1. /tä̃jwẽ/ [tə̃j'wɛ̃], also [tãj'wɛ̃] “one”

2. /heri/ [hɛ'ri] “two”

3. /miotä̃/ [biɔ'tə̃] “three”, “five”, “thumb” (lit. “without companion”)

/heri txitxanãjtä̃ / [hɛ'ri tʃitʃanã'tə̃] “three” (lit. “once two and once without

the other one”)

4. /heri heri/ [hɛ'ri hɛ'ri] “four”, /hemihäj hemihäj/ [hɛm'bihəj hɛm'bihəj]
“four” (this expression was only attested once and the etymology is not known)

5. /heri heri txitxanãjtä̃ / [hɛ'ri hɛ'ri tʃitʃanã'tə̃] “five” (lit. “two two and once
     without the other one”)
     /txinikaj kä̃ / [tʃinĩkaj 'kə̃] “more than five (e.g. seven)” (lit. “(our) fingers
     are finished”

6. /hemihäj hemihäj hemihäj/ [hɛm'bihə(j) hɛm'bihə(j) hɛm'bihə] “six” (this
expression was only attested once and the etymology is not known)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Hein van der Voort, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Netherlands, May 28, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Hein van der Voort, 2009 年 5 月 28 日.

Other comments: Aripaku became extinct when the last known speaker likely survived into the 2010s. There are 30 ethnic population in Rondônia state; Rio Branco headwaters, Guaporé tributary, Brazil. Aripaku has only few words for numerals up to five or six.

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