Language name and locationː Bora, Peru, Colombia, Brazil  [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 博拉语 (米拉尼亚语 Miraña), 秘鲁东北部洛雷托大区亚马逊地区和

哥伦比亚, 巴西境内  

1. tsa-ʔi

2. mí-ʔí-ːkɯ

3. maːkíní(-ʔi-βa)

4. tsanɛ́náʔbɛ́βahkátsí(-ʔí-βa)

5. tsá-ʔohtsɨ́(-ʔi-βa)

6. (tsá-ʔohtsɨ́-ʔi-βa) tsí-ʔohtsɨ́-tɯ́ tsa-ʔi

7. (tsá-ʔohtsɨ́-ʔi-βa) tsí-ʔohtsɨ́-tɯ́ mí-ʔí-ːkɯ

8. (tsá-ʔohtsɨ́-ʔi-βa) tsí-ʔohtsɨ́-tɯ́ maːkíní(-ʔi-βa) 

9. (tsá-ʔohtsɨ́-ʔi-βa) tsí-ʔohtsɨ́-tɯ́ tsanɛ́náʔbɛ́βahkátsí(-ʔí-βa)

10. pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ

11. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) mɛ́-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ tsa-ʔi

12. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) mɛ́-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ mí-ʔí-ːkɯ

13. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) mɛ́-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ maːkíní(-ʔi-βa)

14. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) mɛ́-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ tsanɛ́náʔbɛ́βahkátsí(-ʔí-βa)

15. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) mɛ́-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ tsá-ʔohtsɨ́(-ʔi-βa)

16. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) tsí-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ tsa-ʔi

17. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) tsí-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ mí-ʔí-ːkɯ

18. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) tsí-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ maːkíní(-ʔi-βa)

19. (pá-ʔ ohtsɨ́-ːkɯ́) tsí-htɯ́ʔ a-tɯ tsanɛ́náʔbɛ́βahkátsí(-ʔí-βa)

20. tsaː-pi mɨ́ʔamúnáa-hpi

26. tsaː-pi mɨ́ʔamúnáa-hpi (tsá-ʔohtsɨ́-ʔi-βa) tsí-ʔohtsɨ́-tɯ́ tsa-ʔi

100. tsá-ʔohtsɨ́ mɨ́ʔamúnáa tɯhkɛ́βɛ

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Wesley Thiesen, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Peru, September 25, 1995, Dr. Frank Seifart, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, August 29, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Wesley Thiesen, 1995 年 9 月 25 日, Dr. Frank Seifart, 2008 年 8 月 29 日

Other comments: Bora or Miraña, Miranya is spoken by approximately 1,350 speakers in Loreto region: Ampiyacu, Putumayo, northeast Yaguasyacu rivers. 5 villages, Peru as well as Colombia and Brazil. Bora has a numeral system based on hand, foot and person. The word '-ʔohtsɨ́' means 'hand', '-htɯ́ʔa' means 'foot' and 'mɨ́ʔamúnáa' means 'person, 'pá' means' all, complete' and 'tɯhkɛ́βɛ' means 'beginning'. Wesley Thiesen (1995) described the Bora (Peru variety) system as a quinary and double decimal systems. The first decadeis counted on the hands and the second decade is counted on the feet. Numbers one to five are repeated in each succeeding unit of five. Counting is done with the palms of the hands facing away from the speakers. The description begins with the little finger of the right hand and proceeds to the thumb. It continues from the thumb of the left hand to the little finger, then continues on the feet. The translations of the basic numbers is as followsː 1=one, 2 =two, 3=three (or two and one ), 4=half a hand, 5 =one hand, 6=one from the hand on this side ... 9=half a hand from the hand on this side, 10=two hand, 11=one from the foot, 15=one foot, 20=two feet.