Language name and locationː Pakaásnovos, Rondônia, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区新帕卡阿斯语 (瓦里 Wari), 巴西西北部朗多尼亚州亚马阿玛逊森林

 

. /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 15, 2009.

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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