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

言名称和分布地区德萨诺语, 巴西西北部亚马逊州与哥伦比亚接壤的内格罗河流域上段原住民居留地和蒂基埃河流域支流热带雨林  

 

1. yuhu

2. pẽ- (pẽɾʉ̃=2 for inanimate; pẽɾã = 2 for animate )

3. ũɾ̃ẽ- (ũɾ̃ẽɾ̃ʉ̃ = 3 for inanimate; ũɾ̃ẽɾ̃ã = 3 2 for animate)

4. ahpikũɾ̃ã (litː ''two pairs'')

5. yuhuru mõhõtõ (litː ''one hand'')

6. yuhuru mõhõtõ yuhuru nĩãɾ̃ã (litː 'one hand, one from other hand'')

7. yuhuru mõhõtõ pẽɾʉ̃ nĩãɾ̃ã (litː 'one hand, two from other hand'')

8. yuhuru mõhõtõ ũɾ̃ẽɾ̃ʉ̃ nĩãɾ̃ã (litː 'one hand, three from other hand'')

9. yuhuru mõhõtõ ahpikũɾ̃ã nĩãɾ̃ã (litː 'one hand, two pairs'')

10. pẽmõhõtõ (litː ''two hands'')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Wilson de Lima Silva, Department of Linguistics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. February, 24, 2010. Reference sourceː SIL wordlists 1989.

提供资的语言: Dr. Wilson de Lima Silva, 2010 年 2 月 24 日

 

Other comments: Desano or Desâna is spoken by approximately 700 speakers out of 3,000 ethnic population in Amazonas state: Terra Indígena Alto Rio Negro, sixty communities on Tiquié river and tributaries; border with Colombia, Brazil and Colombia. Desano has a counting system similar to that of Piratapuyo, they can count up to 20 before.


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