Language name and locationː Latundê, Rondônia state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 拉屯德语, 巴西西北部朗多尼亚州阿马逊林区艾卡纳-拉屯德原住民保留区

1. ka'nah- (litː ''to be one'')

2. pan- (litː 'to be two')

3. ka'nahpan- (1+2)

.  sipi'pi (litː ''to be little''), wajner- (''to be very''), ika'tet- (litː ''to be very much'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Stella Telles, Department of Linguistics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. August 19, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Stella Telles, 2010 年 8 月 19 日.

Other comments: Latundê or Leitodu is a nearly extinct language with 10 speakers only out of 20 Ethnic population living in Aikaná-Latundê Indigenous Reserve, Rondônia state, Brazil.

The numeral system in Latundê - Lakondê is quite simple and integrates the system of measurement and enhancement of languages. These languages have no morphological class of numerals ordinal / cardinal. The semantics of numeral in Latundê - Lakondê is expressed in a subclass of stative verbs. These verbs are called 'quantifiers-intensity ". They are:
   ka'nah- "to be one",  pan- "to be two", ka'nahpan- "be three",
   sipi'pi- "to be little", 'wajner- "to be very", ika'tet- "to be very much"
Additional information: In Latundê, the verbal root with dual semantics can function in the expression of nominal possession, marking the possessor: pan-hu-te, be two-arc-referential suffix, "you two arches." In Lakondê there is a morpheme subject to the dual plural first person, "wi-". This form, however, is not related to the verbs numerals: i'taj-wi-'tãn, run-2Dual-imperfective, "we both ran."