Language name and locationː Chácobo, El Beni, Bolivia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区查科沃语, 玻利维亚东北部贝尼省亚马逊雨林

 

1. wɨstíta~wɨstí‚ one, once, at least once‘

2. raβɨ́ta~raβɨ ‘two, twice’

3. tʃitimití (not in wide use)

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Adam J. R. Tallman, Department of Linguistics,
University of Texas at Austin, USA, September 3, 2018.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Adam J. R. Tallman, 2018 年 9 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Chácobo or Chákobo is spoken with 1,400 speakers in 1,800 ethnic population in El Beni department: Alto Ivon, California, Cayuses, Motacusal, Núcleo, Nuevo Mojos, Siete Almendros; south of Riberalta on Alto Ivon river, Bolivia.

Chácobo has only a word ''wɨstíta~wɨsti'' for 'one, once, at least once' and "raβɨ́ta~raβɨ" for ‘two, twice’. There is word for 3 'tʃitimití', but not in wide use.


Language name and locationː Chácobo, El Beni, Bolivia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区查科沃语, 玻利维亚东北部贝尼省亚马逊雨林

 

1. wïst'ta = one (but in isolation, -ta final drops off )

2. rabḯta = a few

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Gil Prost, Summer Institute of Linguistics, USA, October 26, 1991.
提供资的语言家: Mr. Gil Prost, 1991 年 10 月 26 日.

 

Other comments: Chácobo or Chákobo is spoken with 1,400 speakers in 1,800 ethnic population in El Beni department: Alto Ivon, California, Cayuses, Motacusal, Núcleo, Nuevo Mojos, Siete Almendros; south of Riberalta on Alto Ivon river, Bolivia.

Chácobo has only a word ''wïst'ta'' for 'one'' as in wɨ̈sti honi ''one man'' and wɨ̈sti yoša ''one woman'', ''wïsti ma' [wïsti+ma negative=not one] or many. There is another term ''rabḯta'' which means ''a few'', as in rabɨ̈ honi bo=several men (b=pl.). Notes the (ɨ̈)=IPA [ɪ] or [ɨ].


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