Language name and locationː Piratapuyo, Brazil, Columbia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区皮拉塔普约 (韦卡纳语 Waikhana), 巴西西北部亚马逊州内格罗河流域原住民居留地及哥伦比亚境内

 

1. ʉ̃̀ʰkã́

2. pʉ́à

3. ìʰtíà

4. pʰìtítíá

5. ʉ̃̀ʰkã́mṍpẽ́ 

6. ʉ̃̀ʰkã́mṍpẽ́ àʰpémõ̀kã̀ ũ̀ʰkã́dìà ( litː 'one hand, with one other round one')

7. ʉ̃̀ʰkã́mṍpẽ́ àʰpémõ̀kã̀ pʉ́àdìà

8. ʉ̃̀ʰkã́mṍpẽ́ àʰpémõ̀kã̀ ìʰtíàdìà

9. ʉ̃̀ʰkã́mṍpẽ́ àʰpémõ̀kã̀ pʰìtítíádìà

10. pʉ́àmõ̀pẽ̀  

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Kristine Stenzel, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro / Museu Nacional, Brazil, August 30, 2008.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Kristine Stenzel, 2008 年 8 月 30 日.

 

Other comments: Piratapuyo or Wanana-Pirá, Waíkana is spoken by approximately

1,300 speakers in Amazonas state: Terra Indígena Médio Rio Negro I, Terra Indígena Médio Rio Negro II, Terra Indígena Rio Negro, Terra Indígena Rio Téa, Brazil as well as Colombia. The counting system of Piratapuyo is very similar to Kotiria, I have given base forms for the number words for 1-4, which can also take animate/inanimate suffixes and the expression for 5. Although I have elicited the expressions that could be used for 6-10, these are no longer used in everyday speech. Even the expression for 5 is rare. Number words for 5 and above are borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish. The phonemic inventory is given below – it is similar, though smaller than the Kotiria inventory – morphemic nasalization works the same way.


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