Language name and locationː Guaná, Alto Paraguay, Paraguay [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓜纳语, 巴拉圭西部上巴拉圭省和康赛普西翁省

1. ɬeepak

2. aʀaet

3. aʀaetnalhe        

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Hannes Kalisch, Nengvaanemkeskama, Nempayvaam Enlhet, Ya’alve-Saanga, Paraguay, January 22, 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Hannes Kalisch, 2013 年 1 月 22 日.

Other comments: Guaná or Cashquiha, Kaskihá, Vana is a moribund language with 28 speakers left in 260 ethnic population in Alto Paraguay department: Riacho Mosquito; Concepción department: San Lázaro district, Valle Mi on Apa river banks. Paraguay.

In the present, there are no full Guaná speakers remaining, but there exists a collection of texts from one of the last speakers, Emilio Leiva (Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes; Romero, Manolo. 2006. Vana pankek tata. Apkelhtenneekaa Emilio Leiva. Biblioteca Paraguaya de Antropología, Vol. 53. Ya'alve-Saanga: Nengvaanemkeskama Nempayvaam Enlhet. 

For 1 to 3, the recorded speakers use exclusively the Guaná terms, so it is not possible to know the forms of other numerals which existed presumably.

For 4, they use a term derived from Spanish: kuatolo.

For 5 and more, they use the Spanish numerals.

* 1, 2 and 3 indicate the gender of the entity which is counted:

ɬeepak (fem), lheephapak (masc)

aʁaet (fem), aʁaetnalhe (masc)

aʁaetnalhe (fem), apʁaetnalhe (masc)

Guaná phonemic chart

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Guaná permits the lengthening of consonants and vowels