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

语言名称和分布地区: 皮亚罗亚语, 委内瑞拉南部奥里诺科河南岸和附近热带雨林亚马逊原住民地区及哥伦比亚境内  

1. jɑ̃tẽtæ̃ [M] yo-CL-tetæ / hi-CL-tetæ(inan.)ː ñatetæ (an.masc); yahutetæ (an.fem) [K ]

2. tɑ̃hũ [M] to-CL-re / ta-CL-re (inan. ); tahu (anim. ) [K]

3. wæmetukʷæ [M] wæbo-CL-tukʷæ /wæba-CL-tukʷæ[inan.); wæmetukʷæ[anim.) [K]

4. pɑ̃hɑ̃kʷæ̃nɨ [M]̃ pahakʷænɨo-CL / pahakʷænɨa-CL (inan.);

   pahakʷænɨñætɨ (an.fem) [K ]

5. himute [M] himɨte [K ]

6. kʰoromɨtʰɨnɨ yomɨte [K ]

15. tʰɨ̃hæpɨ̃ hiũte hamenæ [K ]

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Alejandra Regúnaga, Institute of Linguistics, The National University of La Pampa (Instituto de Lingüística, Universidad Nacional de la Pampa), Argentina. November 30, 2009.

Referencesː

Monsonyi, E. E. 2000. “Elementos gramaticales del idioma piaroa”. M.S. González de Pérez & M.L. Rodríguez de Montes (eds.) Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: una visión descriptiva: 657-668. Santafé de Bogotá: ICC.

Krute, D.L. 1989. Piaroa nominal morphosemantics. Ph.D. Dissertation. Columbia Univeristy.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Alejandra Regúnaga, 2009 年 11 月 30 日.

Other commentsː Piaroa or Deá’ru’wa, Piaroa-Mako is spoken by approximately 13,000 speakers out of 19,000 ethnic population in Amazonas state: Orinoco river south bank, inland from Paguasa river to Manapiare; into southwestern Bolívar state, Venezuela as well as Colombia.

Piaroa numeral system is quinary (base-5). First five numbers are most often; numerals beyond 20 seem culturally unnecessary. 1, 2, and 3 show agreement in class. Noun pluralisation is not mandatory in numerals larger than one. Numerals can precede or follow the noun.

1)   a ubɤ jɑ̃tẽtæ̃  

          man  one

          ‘one man’

      b. isɑhu j-ahu-t^?etæ

          woman  one-f-one

          ‘one woman’

      c. J-ɤde-t^?etæ is-ɤde  

          one-cl-one  house-cl

          ‘one house’

           -Fde=cl.house

(Examples from Monsonyi 2000: 661)

Piaroa – Vowels (Monsonyi 2000: 657)

 

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e		ɤ
Open	ᴂ		ɑ

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

语言名称和分布地区: 皮亚罗亚语, 委内瑞拉南部奥里诺科河南岸和附近热带雨林亚马逊原住民地区及哥伦比亚境内  

1. jaʔute  

2. todære     

3. wæbodæcuæ  

4. pãhãcuæ̃nɨ̃      

5. jimɨte hæwæ    

6. koromɨtʰɨ jaʔutenɨ  ( litː from one hand one )

7. koromɨtʰɨ todærenɨ  ( litː from one hand two )

8. koromɨtʰɨ wæbodæcuæ  ( litː from one hand three )

9. koromɨtʰɨ pãhãcuæ̃nɨ̃  ( litː from one hand four )

10. tomɨre hæwæ  ( litː two hands worth )

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Tim Walker, New Tribes Missions, Venezuela, August 12, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Tim Walker, 2009 年 8 月 12 日.

Other commentsː  Piaroa or Deá’ru’wa, Piaroa-Mako is spoken by approximately 13,000 speakers out of 19,000 ethnic population in Amazonas state: Orinoco river south bank, inland from Paguasa river to Manapiare; into southwestern Bolívar state, Venezuela as well as Colombia. Piaroa has a quinary counting system with hands and feet. Now, Spanish numbers have been so much easier to use, that most Piaroa people are unfamiliar with the traditional number details anymore. All but the old folks use the Spanish numbers now. Interestingly enough, he was even a little unsure on the number 20. Note that there are two options for twenty. Note: c = a palatal stop