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

语言名称和分布地区: 萨利瓦语, 哥伦比亚北部内陆阿劳卡省, 中东部卡萨纳雷省, 东南部梅塔省从梅塔河和卡萨纳雷河交汇处到上游地区及委内瑞拉境内

1. hotobe (anim.masc); hotobo (anim.fem); hi-CL-te / ɟo-CL-te / ɟe-CL-te (inan )

2. tuxudu (anim); to-CL-sa / tõ-CL-sa (inan)

3. xedobadu (anim); xe-CL-badi (inan)

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.

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

Other comments: Sáliba or Sáliva is spoken by approximately 1300 speakers out of 4,700 ethnic population in Arauca, Casanare, Meta, and Vichadad departments: upstream from confluence of Meta and Casanare rivers, Colombia as well as Venezuela.

Sáliba numeral system includes terms for ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’, and ‘four’. Beyond that, numbers are Spanish loanwords. They can receive a noun class mark. ‘One’, ‘two’, and ‘three’ are discontinuous morphemes for inanimate nouns.

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

语言名称和分布地区: 萨利瓦语, 哥伦比亚北部内陆阿劳卡省, 中东部卡萨纳雷省, 东南部梅塔省从梅塔河和卡萨纳雷河交汇处到上游地区及委内瑞拉境内

1. híhete

21.  beĩ́tiunoʔmẽʔɡa 

2. tohesá

22.  beĩ́tidoʔmẽʔɡa

3. hehebád

23.  beĩ́titreʔmẽʔɡa

4. bájẽɡahéʔa

24.  beĩ́tikuatroʔmẽʔɡa

5. sĩkɔʔmẽʔɡa (5 up from Spanish)

25.  beĩ́tisĩkoʔmẽʔɡa

6. séiʔmẽʔɡa

26.  beĩ́tiseiʔmẽʔɡa

7. siéteʔmẽʔɡa

27.  beĩ́tisieteʔmẽʔɡa

8. ótʃoʔmẽʔɡa

28.  beĩ́tiotʃoʔmẽʔɡa

9. nueweʔmẽʔɡa

29.  beĩ́tinueweʔmẽʔɡa

10. diéʔmẽʔɡa

30.  treĩ́taʔmẽʔɡa

11. ṍseʔmẽʔɡa

40.  kuarẽ́taʔmẽʔɡa

12. dóseʔmẽʔɡa

50.  sĩkuẽ́taʔmẽʔɡa

13. tréseʔmẽʔɡa

60.  sesẽ́taʔmẽʔɡa

14. katróseʔmẽʔɡa

70.  setẽ́taʔmẽʔɡa

15. kĩ́seʔmẽʔɡa

80.  otʃẽ́taʔmẽʔɡa  

16. diésiseiʔmẽʔɡa

90.  nowẽ́taʔmẽʔɡa

17. diésieteʔmẽʔɡa

100. siẽ́ʔmẽʔɡa

18. diésiotʃoʔmẽʔɡa

200. dosiẽ́toʔmẽʔɡa

19. diésinueweʔmẽʔɡa

1000.mílʔmẽʔɡa

20. beĩ́teʔmẽʔɡa

2000. domílʔmẽʔɡa

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Nancy Morse, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Colombia, March 10, 1995.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Nancy Morse, 1995 年 3 月 10 日.

Other comments: Sáliba or Sáliva is spoken by approximately 1300 speakers out of 4,700 ethnic population in Arauca, Casanare, Meta, and Vichadad departments: upstream from confluence of Meta and Casanare rivers, Colombia as well as Venezuela. Sáliba has only retained four indigenous numbers, from five up they borrowed Spanish numbers with a suffix 'ʔmẽʔɡa'. The forms change depending on the

noun class. The above forms are more/most common.