Language name and locationː Pará Arára, Pará state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. anane |
2. adak (lit: ''pair, two'') |
3. adak anane (2+1) |
4. adak adak (2+2) |
5. adak adak anane or iedune (litː ''of a hand'', (i)edune ''one side'') |
6. adak adak adak (2+2+2) |
7. adak adak adak anane (2+2+2+1) |
8. adak adak adak adak (2+2+2+2) |
9. adak adak adak adak anane (2+2+2+2+1) |
10. omiat omiat pene [lit: 'omiat ''hand'', pene ''and (post-position)''] |
11. aɡomi (lit: ''minimal finger'') |
12. ibok aɡomi (lit: ibok ''over'') |
13. iɾoptalɯ (lit: ''the one from the middle'') |
14. iɾoptalɯ imɯ (lit: imɯ ''big, father'') |
15. omiat omiat puɡuŋo edune (lit: ''hand plus hand and foot one side'') |
20. omiat omiat puɡuŋo puɡuŋo (lit: puɡuŋo ''foot'') = two hands and two feet |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Isaac Souza, SIL International, Brazil, December 18, 2008.. 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Isaac Souza, 2008 年 12 月 18 日 |
Other comments: Pará Arára or Ukarãngmã, Arára Bravos is an endangered language spoken by 340 adults only in Laranjal and Cachoeira Seca, Pará state Brazil. Most people shifting to Portuguese. Pará Arára only has two words for numbers, they can count up to 20 by hands, feet and fingers. 20 is two hands and two feet which included 10 fingers and 10 toes. |
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