Language name and locationː Gavião do Jiparaná, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 日帕拉纳-加维奥语 (朗多尼亚-加维奥语 Gavião do Rondônia), 
巴西西北部朗多尼亚州伊加拉佩露尔德原住民领地和西部马托格罗索州朗多兰镇

 

1. móòy (litː 'one', monomorphemic)     

2. paá-ya-káàp (litː 'our eyes')

3. ãʔá sáno óõ̀p (litː 'this without a brother')

4. ãá sáno píra mát (litː this with brother')

5. móòy pábe (litː 'one hand')

6. móòy maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get one from our hand')

7. paá-ya-káàp maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get our eyes from our hand')

8. ãʔá sáno óõ̀p maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get this without brother from our hand')

9. ãá sáno píra mát maʔã́ pa-bábe pí (litː 'get this with brother from our hand')

10. pa-bábe sópop  (litː 'all our hands')
11. móòy maʔã́ pa-bí pi  (litː 'get one from our foot')
12. paá-ya-káàp maʔã́ pa-bí pi  (litː 'get our eyes from our foot')
20. pa-bí sópop  (litː 'all our feet')
21. móòy maʔã́ má pí pi (litː 'get one from the foot of another person')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Denny Moore, Museu Goeldi-DCH, Belem, Para, Brazil, January 19, 2009.

提供资的语言: Prof. Denny Moore, 2009 年 1 月 19 日.

 

Other comments: Gavião do Jiparaná or Gavião of Rondônia, Gavião do Rondônia,  Ikõlej, Ikõro is spoken by approximately 1,000 speakers (included  500 Gavião and 600 Zoró speakers) in Rondônia state, Terra Indigena Igarape Lourdes (Gavião dialect).

, municipality of Rondolándia (Zoró dialect). Gavião do Jiparaná or Gavião do Rondônia has sort of a counting system, but it is metaphorical except for 'one'. The use of 'pair' or 'couple' or 'brothers' for 3 and 4 is very common-- there was a discussion recently. Not sure what they do over 30. Interestingly, numbers can be both verbs or nouns. The number systems are variable between dialects and do not seem to have much time depth.


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