Language name and location: Movima, El Beni, Bolivia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区莫维马语, 玻利维亚东北部贝尼省亚马逊雨林

 

1. sotak-ra *

2. oy-ra

3. tas-ra

4. oyka-ra *
5. sinko
6. seis
7siyete
8ocho
9nuewe
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.

提供资的语言: 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’ 
    =“several times two”.


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