Language name and locationː Pakaásnovos, Rondônia, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]
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. /xica' pe/ [tsikaʔ 'pe] 'be alone' |
. /tucu caracan/ [tü'kü kara'kan] 'face each other' (lit: my: face each: other) |
. /'iri' mijo/ [ʔiriʔ mbi'yo] 'be many' |
. /mija/ [mbi'ya] 'be many' |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Barbara Kern,
New
Tribes Mission,
July 提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Barbara Kern, 2009 年 7 月 15 日. |
Other comments: Pakaásnovos or Wari is spoken by approximately 2,700 speakers out of 4,400 ethnic population in 7 villages, Rondônia state, Brazil. Numerals, as such, do not exist in Pakaásnovos or Wari'. The concept of numeral is expressed in verbs and is limited to the following concepts : /xica' pe/ [tsikaʔ 'pe] 'be alone' /tucu caracan/ [tü'kü kara'kan] 'face each other' (lit: my: face each: other) /'iri' mijo/ [ʔiriʔ mbi'yo] 'be many' /mija/ [mbi'ya] 'be many' |
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