Language name and locationː Kakataibo, Ucayali region, Peru [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区卡希沃-卡卡泰博语, 秘鲁中南部瓦努科大区及东部乌卡亚利大区热带雨林

 

1. at͡ʃúi  ([v́] indicates primary stress)

2. raβʷɨ  (primary stress on ɨ)

3. kimiʃa (borrowed from Shipibo-Konibo that in turn borrowed it from Quechua,

    maybe through Ashaninka // This numeral is barely used in my database) 

4.  None

5.  mápai  (this word seems to be historically related to hand, but synchronically it is
     not; a different word ‘meken’ is used for hand // This numeral is barely used and it
     seems to be a neologism recently introduced by school teachers)
)

6, 7, 8, 9. None

10. raβʷɨ mápai (compound consisting of the words for 2 and 5)

     Numbers do not go above 11.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Daniel Valle, Department of Linguistics, University of Text at Austin, USA, February 16, 2015.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Daniel Valle, 2015 年 2 月 16 日

 

Other comments: Kakataibo-Kashibo or Cashibo-Cacataibo is spoken by about 1,200 speakers in Huanuco, Loreto, and Ucayali regions: Painaco, Pisqui opposite Contamana, Requena, and Sur Bolognesi; northeast middle Ucayali river area, Peru.

Kakataibo or Shipibo-Conibo people only have two native numerals one and two, the rest of their numeral system has been borrowed from Quechua, maybe through Ashaninka.


Language name and location: Kakataibo-Kashibo, Huanuco, Peru [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区卡希沃-卡卡泰博语, 秘鲁中南部瓦努科大区及东部乌卡亚利大区热带雨林

 

1. a't͡ʃuʃi

2. ra'βɨ

3. ra'βɨ a't͡ʃuʃi ( 2+1 ) / tres ( < Spanish ) / 'kimiʃa ( < Quechua )

4. ra'βɨ ra'βɨ   ( 2+2 ) / quatro ( < Spanish )

5. 'mapaj, or mɨ'kɨ̃n  (litː ''mɨ'kɨ̃n''= hand)

6. seis ( < Spanish )

7. siete ( < Spanish )
8. otʃo ( < Spanish )
9. nueve ( < Spanish )
10. 'mapa 'mapa or ra'βɨ mɨ'kɨ̃n  ( litː 'two hands'')
11. 11 upwards from Spanish

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Roberto Zariquiey Biondi, Department of Linguistics, La Trobe University, Australia. October 30, 2008.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Roberto Zariquiey Biondi, 2008 年 10 月 30 日.

 

Other comments: Kakataibo-Kashibo or Cashibo-Cacataibo is spoken by about 2,700 speakers in Huanuco, Loreto, and Ucayali regions: Aguaytía, San Alejandro, and Súngaro rivers, Peru. Cashibo-Cacataibo or Autonym: Kakataibo-Kashibo has only two numerals and word for hand to express '5' and '10'. Nowadays, they have borrowed the Spanish counting system or Quechua numerals.


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