Language name and locationː Kaapor, Maranhão state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. peteĩ |
2. mokõi |
3. mahapɨr |
4. (yu)tumeme |
5. petei awa po pa ( lit "one side hand ended" ) |
6. awa po wayar peteĩ ( litː "other side one" or "plus one on other side" ) |
7. awa po wayar mokõi |
8. awa po wayar mahapɨr |
9. awa po wayar (yu)tumeme |
10. yande po pa (litː "our hands ended" or "both hands ended" ) |
11. awa pɨ peteĩ |
12. awa pɨ mokõi |
13. awa pɨ mahapɨr |
14. awa pɨ (yu)tumeme |
15. awa pɨ petei har upa |
16. awa pɨ wayar peteĩ |
17. awa pɨ wayar mokõi |
18. awa pɨ wayar mahapɨr |
19. awa pɨ wayar (yu)tumeme |
20. awa pɨ pa (litː "both feet ended") |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jim Kakumasu,
SIL
International, Brazil,
October 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jim Kakumasu, 2008 年 10 月 11 日. |
Other comments: Kaapor or awa je’ẽha is spoken by approximately 800 speakers out of 990 ethnic population in Maranhão and Pará states: 8–10 villages scattered over 7,250 square km; Gurupi river. Kaapor has a quinary system of counting up to 20. 21 can also be expressed by ''awa pɨ pa'', 22 ''awa pɨ mokõi'', but the Kaapor today have used Portuguese numbers. The wordsː po=''hand''; pɨ =''foot''; awa=''person''; har=nominalizer; wayar=other side; pa(upa)=it is needed. |
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