Waorani

Language name and locationː Waorani, Orellana, Ecuador [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦沃拉尼语, 厄瓜多尔东部奥雷亚纳省, 纳波省和帕斯塔萨省亚马逊盆地热带雨林

1. ɑd'oke

2. mẽɑ

3. mẽɑ ɡo ɑd'oke ('2+1')

4. mẽɑ ɡo mẽɑ ('2+2')

5. õnõmpo ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke (litː 'the hand on one side')

6. õnõmpo ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo ɑd'oke

7. õnõmpo ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo mẽɑ

8. õnõmpo ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo mẽɑ ɡo ɑd'oke

9. õnõmpo ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo mẽɑ ɡo mẽɑ

10. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ (litː 'hands on both sides')

11. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo ɑd'oke

12. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo mẽɑ

13. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo mẽɑ ɡo ɑd'oke

14. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo mẽɑ ɡo mẽɑ

15. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke (litː 'foot on one side')

16. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo ɑd'oke

17. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo mẽɑ

18. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo mẽɑ ɡo ɑd'oke

19. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke ɡo mẽɑ ɡo mẽɑ

20. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ tipɑmw'ɑɑ (litː 'feet on both sides')

30. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ tipɑmw'ɑɑ ɡo õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ

40. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ tipæ̈waa ɡo õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õ. tipɑmp'oɡɑ

50. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õnõwɑ t. ɡ. ö. t. ɡ. õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ ɡo õ. tipɑmp'oɡɑ
(lit: 20+10+10+10)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Catherine Peeke, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Ecuador, March 16, 1990, September 24, 2008

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Catherine Peeke, 1990 年 3 月 16 日, 2008 年 9 月 24 日

Other comments: Waorani or Huaorani is spoken by approximately 1,600 speakers out of 2,400 ethnic population in Orellana province: south from Tiputini river, including portions of Yasuní National Park; Pastaza province: Arajuno and Pastaza cantons including a small group near Puyo community; Napo province; eastern jungle between Napo and Curaray rivers, Ecuador.

Waorani has numbers 'one' ɑd'oke and 'two' mẽɑ, 'five' õnõmpo ɑ̃mɑ̃p'oke, 'ten' õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ and the capacity for doubling the 'ten' õnõmpo tipɑmp'oɡɑ, and the function word 'go'. They can count up to 60 or higher, but now they use Spanish numerals.

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