Language name and locationː Southern Nambikuára, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区部南比夸拉语, 巴西西部马托格罗索州

 

1. ka³na³ɡi²

2. ha²li¹

3. ha²li¹ ka³na³ɡi² / ''many''

4. ha²li¹ ha²li¹

5. ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ka³na³ɡi²  or  hik²ka² ka³na³ɡi² (lit:  'one hand') 

6. ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ 

7. ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ka³na³ɡi²

8. ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹

9. ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ka³na³ɡi²

10. ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ ha²li¹ or hik²ka² ha²li¹ (lit: 'all the hands')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Menno and Barbara Kroeker, SIL International, Brazil, August 28, 2008.

提供资的语言: Mr. & Mrs. Menno and Barbara Kroeker, 2008 年 8 月 28 日.

 

Other comments: Southern Nambikuára is spoken by approximately 720 speakers in 10 villages along Porto Velho-Cuiabá highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Southern Nambikuára only have two words as numbers, then they have''many''. However, they can use a combination of ''one'' and ''two'' or hands to express numbers up to ten. Nambikuara is a tonal language. There are three tonesː falling, rising or low tone; the three tones are marked with superscript numbers: 1, 2 and 3 respectively. All the Portuguese numbers are used and pronounced as they are in Portuguese.


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