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

语言名称和分布地区: 马鲁沃语, 巴西西北部亚马逊州与秘鲁接壤的伊图伊河和库鲁萨河源头热带雨林

1. wəs'ti-ʃta (litː ʃta = diminutive)

2. ravuəvakĩ

3. takəi-mã wəs'tia (litː 'pair and one')

4. takəimamẽ (litː 'two pairs')

5. məvi-ti (litː  məvi= hand, ti = nominalizer)

6. na-ti, and showing the fingers in the hand

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Pedro Cesarino, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 11, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Pedro Cesarino, 2009 年 5 月 11 日.

Other comments: Marúbo or Kaniuá, Marova, Autonym: Yora is spoken by about 1,980 speakers in Amazonas state: headwaters of Ituí and Curuçá, near the Peru border; large groups in Atalaia do Norte city; smaller groups in towns of Cruzeiro do Sul and Guajará. Marúbo has only has few words as for numerals. The above data were used by young Marúbo speakers, ten is expressed by amari məvi-ti, amari məvi-ti a-ti, means 'this side, this side and a-ti'.

Note that the traditional phonetic symbolsː < ë> = IPA [ə], [ í ] is an accented

mark = IPA [ ˈi ].

Language name and locationː Marúbo, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马鲁沃语, 巴西

1. wəs'ti-sə

2. ravuəvakĩ

3. takəi-mã wəs'tia ( litː 'pair and one' )

4. takəimamẽ ( litː 'two pairs' )

5. amari məvi-ti (litː  məvi= hand, ti = nominalizer )

6. tʃoma tʃiʂto tinĩ ( litː one hand open, with the thumb of the closed hand form a pair)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Pedro Cesarino, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 11, 2009.

语言名称和分布地区: Dr. Pedro Cesarino, 2009 年 5 月 11 日.

Other comments: The above data were used by an old shaman, seven is expressed by

mətõ-tinĩ = One hand open, with the thumb of the closed hand forming a pair and

another finger opened; eight is məvi naki nia-ivo = hand middle, with the three

fingers of the second hand opened; nine ' mətõ takə-ki niá-a' = thumb, brother-

locative.

Note that the traditional phonetic symbolsː tx = IPA [tʃ], ch = IPA [ʂ],  sh =IPA [ʃ],

< ë> = IPA [ə], [ í ] is an accented mark = IPA [ ˈi ].