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

言名称和分布地区:卡阿波尔语, 巴西东北部马拉尼昂州和北部帕拉州古鲁匹河流域

 

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 11, 2008.

提供资的语言: 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.


Back >>  [ Home ] >> [ Chibchan ] >> [ Maipurean ] >> [ Cariban ] >> [ Quechuan ] >> [ Tupian ] >>
[ Tucanoan ] >> [ Panoan]  >> [ Other South American Languages ] >>
[ Language isolate ] >> [ Unclassified languages ]