Language name and locationː Jabuti, Rondônia state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. uitxi / oitxi “one” |
2. djebo “two” |
3. djebo honotõ “three” |
4. djebo djebo |
5. djebo djebo honotõ |
6. djebo djebo djebo |
7. djebo djebo djebo honotõ |
8. djebo djebo djebo djebo |
9. djebo djebo djebo djebo honotõ |
10. nihu djebo “hand two” |
15. nihu djebo pa (nihure) uixi “hand two foot (toes) one” |
20. nihu djebo pa djebo “hand two, foot two” |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Thiago Pereira Vital de Castro, University of Austin, USA. September 3, 2012. 提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Thiago Pereira Vital de Castro, 2012 年 9 月 3 日. |
Other commentsː Djeoromitxi or Jabutí (Yabuti) is a endangered Yabutian language that is spoken by only about fifty people (though including some children) in Rondônia, northwestern of Brazil, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco. Numerals in Djeoromitxí present different formations according to the numerical values. The system is based on the numbers for 'one' and 'two', and the words for 'hand' and 'foot'. It has a specific name for 'one' (oitxi or uitxi, dialectal variation) and 'two' (djebo). From 3 to 9, the numerals are formed by djebo (repeated up to 4 times to indicate multiples of 2) and honotõ, which seems to mean 'plus one'. For example, 'four' is djebo djebo, and 'five' is djebo djebo honotõ. From 10 to 20, the accounting is based on the word 'hand' and 'foot' (which has five fingers / toes) as well as 'one' and 'two', Numerical values more than 20 are expressed as nota ('a lot'). These numerals are illustrated in above table.
Djeoromitxí Phonology
Inventory :
Djeoromitxí has 14 contrasting consonants. Except for the voiceless bilabial stop (/p/) and the alveolar nasal (/n/), the Djeoromitxí phonemes do not vary their phonetic realization according to the environment. The voicing feature, place and manner of articulation are kept despite the presence of other segments with different phonetic features. For instance, the segment /k/, which does not have a voiced counterpart, never changes to a voiced velar stop (/ɡ/). Vowels (Oral vowel inventory)ː
Djeoromitxí has 10 contrasting vowels, 7 oral and 3 nasal.
Vowels (Nasal vowel inventory)ː
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