Language name and locationː Shanenawa, Amazonas state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区沙嫩纳瓦语, 巴西西北部亚马逊州费若镇附近热带雨林

 

1. wisti

2. ɾafu

3. wistiɾafu ( 2+1 )

4. ɾafuɾafu  ( 2+2 ) 

5. mɨfɨti (litː 'hand one', mɨfɨ = hand) 

6. mɨfɨ inun wisti (litː 'hand one and one', inun = plus) 

7. mɨfɨ inun ɾafu  (litː 'hand one and two')
8. mɨfɨ inun ɾafu inun wisti
9. mɨfɨ inun ɾafu inun ɾafu
10. mɨfɨtiɾafu (litː 'hands two')
11. mɨfɨtiɾafu inun wisti
12. mɨfɨtiɾafu inun ɾafu
20. mɨfɨtiɾafuɾafu  
30. mɨfɨtiɾafuɾafuɾafu (litː 20 plus 10)
40. mɨfɨtiɾafuɾafu inun mɨfɨtiɾafuɾafu ( litː 20 plus 20 )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Gláucia Vieira Cândido, State University of Goiás-Anapolis, Brazi. March 26, 2009.

供资料的语言学家: Prof. Gláucia Vieira Cândido, 2009 年 3 月 26 日.

 

Other comments: Shanenawa or Katukina Shanenawá is a nearly language with 9 Elderly only out of 360 ethnic population in village near Feijó city, Brazil. This language is reported similar to Yawanawa and Sharanawa. Shanenawa language does not have many numbers words. Today, most Shanenawa speakers use Portuguese in Brazil or Spanish numerals for counting higher than two. Shanenawa is a Panoan language. Ethnologue wrongly regarded it as unclassified language.


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