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

语言名称和分布地区: 瓜哈哈拉语, 巴西东北部位于大西洋岸马拉尼昂州前亚马逊地区平达雷河, 格拉雅乌河, 梅阿林河和苏提瓦河流域多个村落 

 

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, 2009.

提供资的语言学家: 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]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓜哈哈拉语, 巴西东北部位于大西洋岸马拉尼昂州前亚马逊地区平达雷河, 格拉雅乌河, 梅阿林河和苏提瓦河流域多个村落 

 

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 29, 1989.

提供资的语言学家: 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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