Language name and locationː Kawahiva, Amazonas state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区瓦希瓦语巴西西北部亚马孙州

 

1. [aipe’ʔi] ‘one, once’

2. [mõ’kõĩ] ‘two, twice’

3. [mboa’pɨn] ‘three, three times’

4. [mõ’kõĩ # ka’tu # ka’tu] ‘four, four times’ in the Juma variety, but [ɛʔɨi] ‘many’ in
    the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau speech

5. [ɛ’ʔɨi] ‘many’ in both varieties for any number above 5.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Wesley Nascimento dos Santos, Federal University of Goias, Brazil, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Berkley, USA. June 2, 2020.

提供资的语言家: Dr. Wesley Nascimento dos Santos, 2020 年 6 月 2 日

 

Other comments: Kawahiva varieties spoken by the Juma and Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people, living in the states of Rondônia and Amazonas. Kawahiva has three or four words can be regarded as 'numbers'.


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