Language name and locationː Guajajára, Maranhão state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue] |
1. pitái |
2. mokoz |
3. na'iruz |
4. mokozmokoz (2+2) |
5. mokoz na'iruz (2+3) |
6. na'iruz na'iruz (3+3) |
7. na'iruz na'iruz pitái (3+3+1) |
8. na'iruz na'iruz mokoz (3+3+2) |
9. na'iruz na'iruz na'iruz (3+3+3) |
10. pitái naheta |
11. pitái pitái |
12. pitái mokoz |
13. pitái na'iruz |
14. pitái mokozmokoz |
15. pitái mokoz na'iruz |
16. pitái na'iruz na'iruz |
17. pitái na'iruz na'iruz pitái |
18. pitái na'iruz na'iruz mokoz |
19. pitái na'iruz na'iruz na'iruz |
20. mokoz naheta |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Norval da Silva,
Summer
Institute of Linguistics, Brazil,
February 9 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Norval da Silva, 2009 年 2 月 9 日. |
Other comments: Guajajára or Zeʼegete, Guazazzara, Tenetehára is spoken by approximately 14,000 speakers out of 28,900 ethnic population in Maranhão state: Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. 81 villages. Guajajára has only three words for numerals. However, the native teachers are attempting to produce a system that they could use in school to continue count at least up to 20 or more. |
Language name and locationː Guajajára, Maranhão state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue] |
1. pitəí |
2. mokóz |
3. naʔirúz |
4. zeiruŋatú |
5. hetá teteaʔú (this word means 'many') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Carl Harrison,
Summer
Institute of Linguistics, Brazil,
March 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Carl Harrison, 1989 年 3 月 29 . |
Other comments: Guajajára or Zeʼegete, Guazazzara, Tenetehára is spoken by about 14,000 speakers out of 28,900 ethnic population in Maranhão state: Pindaré, Grajaú, Mearim, and Zutiua rivers. Quite similar to the other Tupi languages, Guajajára has a very simple counting system only have ''1, 2, 3, 4 and many'' . In recent years they have adapted the number system of Brazilian Portuguese speakers around them. In the 70s I heard of an attempt to use fingers, hands, etc., but only one mane ever tried it and could never decide whether 20 was four hands or two hands and two feet. |
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