Language name and locationː Piapoco, Colombia, Venezuela [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区皮亚波科语, 哥伦比亚最东部, 位于尼格罗河和奥里诺科河流域之间,东与巴西和委内瑞拉接壤瓜伊尼亚省和比查达省及委内瑞拉境内

 

1. abee-íri (masculine), abee-ítʃúa (feminine), abée-íyéi ( the ones)

2. putʃásai-ba

3. máizi-ba

4. bainúaka

5. abe-éma wa-kápi (litː 'one of our hands', unit-half / our hand) 

6. abe-éma wa-kápi abee-íri iputa (lit: 'one of our hands and one finger')

7. abe-éma wa-kápi putʃásai-ba iputa

8. abe-éma wa-kápi máizi-ba iputa

9. abe-éma wa-kápi bainúaka iputa

10. putʃásai-wa-kápi (litː 'two of our hands') 
20. wenewika ( litː 'people' or 'person')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Andrés Reinoso, October 16, 2009.

Reference: Reinoso Galindo, Andrés Eduardo: Elementos para una grammatica de la

lengua piapoco, Bogotá, Ministério de cultura, 2000.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Andrés Reinoso, 2009 年 10 月 16 日.

 

Other comments: Piapoco or Piapoko, Wenewika, Tsáçe is spoken by approximately

6,600 speakers out of 14,700 ethnic population in Guainía department: Guaviare south bank border areas; Vichada department: between Vichada and Guaviare rivers, Colombia as well as Venezuela. Piapoco has traditional counting system up to 20.


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