Language name and location: Movima, El Beni, Bolivia [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. sotak-ra * |
2. oy-ra |
3. tas-ra |
4. oyka-ra * |
5. sinko |
6. seis |
7. siyete |
8. ocho |
9. nuewe |
10. diyez, 11.(etc: all following terms are Spanish) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Katharina Haude, Institute of Linguistics, University of Cologne, Germany, April 9, 2009. 提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Katharina Haude, 2009 年 4 月 9 日. |
Other comments: Movima or Chosineɬ di’ mowi:maj is an endangered language with 1,170 speakers only out of 12,200 ethnic population in El Beni department: Bella Flor, Buen Día, San Lorenzo, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia. Movima has only four recorded traditional numerals from 1 to 4, after four, they used Spanish numerals. Note that from 1 to 4, the numerals require a classifier; the default element is ‑ra; cf. Haude 2006 and please note the following notes for 1 and 4. 1. For number one: possibly sot- ‘other’, -ak ‘IRR (non-existence)’, ‑ra ‘neutral classifier’ = “there is no other thing”. 2. For number four:
possibly oy- ‘two’, ‑ka ‘multiple event’, ‑ra
‘neutral classifier’ |
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