Language name and locationː Maka, Paraguay [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马卡语, 巴拉圭

1. ewiɬ / ewi'ɬ *       ' = ʔ

2. wetsxuk / we'tsjuk *

3. wetshetkʼwiɬ / wetshetk'wiɬ *

4. ikwetxuɬ / ikwetju'ɬ * ( litː he / she goes among)

5. leeɬix / leelij

6. ewiɬtatsax / ewi'ɬ tatsai (litː one adds )

7. wetsxuk'tatsax / we'tsjuk tatsai (litː two adds )  

8. wetshetk'ewiɬtatsax / wetshetk'ewi'ɬ tatsai (litː three adds )

9. ikwetxuɬtatsax / ikwetjuɬ tatsai  (litː four adds )

10. week inyaqsii / wek inyaqsi * ( litː all our finger of hand )

15. ewiɬ infʼiʼ ikets (litː plus my foot )

20. week infuxuts ikets / wek infujuts * (litː all of my toes )

25. weintisinko ( < Spanish veinticinco ) *

30. tseinta ( < Spanish treinta) *

40. kwalenta ( < Spanish cuarenta) *

50. sinkwenta  ( < Spanish cincuenta) *

100. sien ( < Spanish cien) *

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ana V. Fernández Garay, April 24, 1995

New data by Mr. & Mrs. Matt & Rosemary Ulrich (SIL), January 28, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ana V. Fernández Garay, 1994 年 4 月 24 日,

Mr. & Mrs. Matt & Rosemary Ulrich, 2010 年 1 月 28 日.

Other comments: Maka has a traditional counting system up to twenty. They use Spanish numerals with phonological adaptation over twenty. The above data with an

asterisk marks are provided by SIL linguists Mr. & Mrs. Matt & Rosemary Ulrich.