Language name and locationː Guajá, Maranhão state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区瓜哈语, 巴西东北部大西洋岸马拉尼昂州图里亚苏原住民居留地

 

1. makamutuhũ

2. inuhũ 

3. ha'ʔi ( litː 'more than two' )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Wolf Dietrich, University of Muenster, Germany, November 14, 2008, Additional data provided byː Dr. Antonio Santana, Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, USA, October 5, 2009.

提供资的语言家: Prof. Wolf Dietrich, 2008 年 11 月 14 日, Dr. Antonio Santana, 2008 年 11 月14 日. 2009 年 10 月 5 日

 

Other comments: Guajá or Awá Guajá, Ayaya, Guaxare, Wazaizara is spoken by approxiamtely 280 speakers in Maranhão state: Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu and Terra Indígena Caru, four settlements; Pará state, Brazil. Guajá people are Hunter-gatherers and they have low proficiency in Portuguese. Guajá has only two words for numerals, beyond two they say 'ha'ʔi', which  means 'more than two'.


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