Language name and locationː Southern Nambikuára, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]
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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,
提供资料的语言学家: 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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