Language name and locationː Culina (Kulina), Brazil, Peru [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区库利纳语, 巴西, 秘鲁

 

1. ohari-  dynamic verb ''to be one''

2. pama- dynamic verb ''to be two''

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Stefan Dienst, Research Centre for Linguistic Typology, La Trobe University, Australia, May 16, 2009.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Stefan Dienst, 2009 年 5 月 16 日.

 

Other comments: Culina or Kulina only has basic native numbers for “1” and “2”. Those numbers aren’t numerals, but verbs. Kulina verbs fall into two categories, which I’ve labelled “dynamic” and “stative”. The verbs for “1” and “2” are in the dynamic category. In the past, a combination of “1” and “2” was used for “3” and a reduplication of “2” for “4”, but nowadays Portuguese numbers are used in Brazil

from 3 on. I’ve not included them in the table since I haven’t studied how exactly the Kulina pronounce them. Depending on how well an individual speaks Portuguese, they will be more or less phonetically adapted to Kulina.


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

言名称和分布地区库利纳语, 巴西, 秘鲁

 

1. ohari,  ohari-hi (masculine), ohari-ni ( feminine )

2. pama, also for 'some', pama-ʔi( masculine), pama-ni ( feminine )

3. ʔuapima, also for 'many', ʔuapi-ta-ʔi( masculine), ʔuapi-ta-ni ( feminine )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Patsy Adams Liclán, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Peru, March 22, 1995.

供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Patsy Adams Liclán, 1995 年 3 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: There were really three numbers in Culina. These three numbers are relative rather that fixed quantities and when they are counting they look at the quantity through a relative grid rather than as fixed absolute quantities. They might

adopted Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese numeral systems now. Updated data needed.


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