Language name and locationː Tapayúna, Mato Grosso, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 塔帕尤纳语, 巴西北部帕拉州卡波托原住民保留公园

1. wɨtɨ

2. aikʰɾuru

3. aikʰɾuru nẽ wɨtɨ or aikʰɾuru nẽ tõti

4. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru  (2+2)

5. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ wɨtɨ  (2+2+1)

6. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ nẽ aikʰɾuru  (2+2+2)

7. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ wɨtɨ  (2+2+2+1)

8. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru (2+2+2)

9. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ wɨtɨ  (2+2+2+1)

10. aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru nẽ aikʰɾuru  (2+2+2+2)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Nayara Camargo, Department of Linguistics,

UNICAMP (The State University of Campinas), São Paulo, Brazil, December 28, 2015.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Nayara Camargo, 2015 年 12 月 28 日.

Other comments: Tapayuna language is part of the Je family and is spoken in northern Mato Grosso by people of the same name, these people, currently, lives in the village Kawêrêtxikô. Well, Tapayuna language uses a number system based on two, similar to the Suyá linguage. There they described the numerals to number 10.

Tapayúna is spoken by approximately 58 speakers who no longer live with Suyás; they moved out of Xingú Park to live in Kayapó villages in Terra Indígena Capoto or Jarina reservation in Pará state (2002 ISA).