Language name and locationː Maijuna, Loreto region, Peru [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区迈胡纳 (奥雷琼 Orejón), 秘鲁东北部洛雷托大区普图马约河和附近河流流域地区

 

1. teyo (litː ''one finger'')

2. tepeyo (litː ''two fingers'')

3. babayo (litː ''three fingers'')

4. mɨ̠o̠yodea  (litː ''four fingers'')

5. te jɨ̠tɨ (litː ''one hand'' )

6. te jɨ̠tɨ teyo (litː ''one hand and one finger'')

7. te jɨ̠tɨ tepeyo (litː ''one hand and two fingers'')

8. te jɨ̠tɨ babayo (litː ''one hand and three fingers'')

9. te jɨ̠tɨ mɨ̠o̠yodea (litː ''one hand and four fingers'') 

10. jɨ̠tɨma̠dea (litː ''two hands'')

11. jɨ̠tɨma̠dea teyo  (litː ''two hands and one finger'')

12. jɨ̠tɨma̠dea tepeyo  (litː ''two hands and two fingers'')

13. jɨ̠tɨma̠dea babayo  (litː ''two hands and three fingers'')

14. jɨ̠tɨma̠dea mɨ̠o̠yodea  (litː ''two hands and four fingers'')

15. te ɨ̠o̠pɨ (litː ''one foot'')
16. te ɨ̠o̠pɨ teyo (litː ''other foot and one finger'')
17. te ɨ̠o̠pɨ tepeyo (litː ''other foot and two fingers'') 
18. te ɨ̠o̠pɨ babayo (litː ''other foot and three fingers'')  

19. te ɨ̠o̠pɨ mɨ̠o̠yodea  (litː ''other foot and four fingers'') 

20. ɨ̠omadea (litː ''two feet'') 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Virginia Velie, Wycliffe International, USA, September 22, 2011.

提供资的语言: Mrs. Virginia Velie. 2011 年 9 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Maijuna or Maihuna, Maijɨki, Máíhɨki, “Orechon” is pejorative. This group is spoken by approximately 190 speakers out of 300 ethnic population in

Loreto region: Algodón, Putumayo, Sucusari, and Yanayacu rivers Peru. However,

younger generation has abandoned the language and most of the Maijuna culture and shifting to Spanish. Maijuna or Orejón has a base five numeral system using hands and feet up to twenty. The data was taken from the following sourceː
Maijuna Number System byː Sebastián Ríos Ochoa, Comunidad Nativa de Sucusari, Loreto, Perú and Michael P. Gilmore, Ph.D. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia USA. July, 2009.

Please note the vowels with an under-bar <a̠, ɨ̠, o̠> indicates nasalization, IPA [ã, ɨ̃, õ].


Language name and locationː Maijuna, Loreto region, Peru [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区迈胡纳 (奥雷琼 Orejón), 秘鲁东北部洛雷托大区普图马约河和附近河流流域地区

 

1. te

2. tepe

3. baba

4. bɨ̠o̠yo 

5. hɨ̠tɨdea (litː ''one hand'')

6. yeke hɨ̠tɨ te (litː ''other hand, one'')

7. yeke hɨ̠tɨ tepe (litː ''other hand, two'')

8. yeke hɨ̠tɨ baba (litː ''other hand, three'')

9. yeke hɨ̠tɨ bɨ̠o̠yo (litː ''other hand, four'')

10. hɨ̠tɨba̠dea (litː ''hands-plural'')

11. ˀɨ̠o te  (litː ''foot, one'')
12. ˀɨ̠o tepe  (litː ''foot, two'')
13. ˀɨ̠o baba  (litː ''foot, three'')
14. ˀɨ̠o bɨ̠o̠yo  (litː ''foot, four'')
15. ˀɨ̠odea (litː ''one foot'')
16. yeke ˀɨ̠o te (litː ''other foot, one'')
17. yeke ˀɨ̠o tepe (litː ''other foot, two'') 
18. yeke ˀɨ̠o baba (litː ''other foot, three'') 
19. yeke ˀɨ̠o bɨ̠o̠yo (litː ''other foot, four'') 
20. ˀɨ̠oba̠dea (litː ''feet'') 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Virginia Velie, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Peru. 1989.

提供资的语言: Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Virginia Velie. 1989 年.

 

Other comments: Maijuna or Orejón has a base five numeral system using hands and feet up to twenty. Please note the vowels with an under-bar <a̠, ɨ̠, o̠> indicates nasalization, IPA [ã, ɨ̃, õ].


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