Language name and locationː Kakataibo, Ucayali region, Peru [Refer to Ethnologue]
|
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 |
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. 提供资料的语言学家: 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] |
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. |
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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