Language name and locationː Wayana, Suriname, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦亚纳语, 苏里南东北部马罗韦讷区, 巴西, 法属圭亚那

1. pəkənatpə 

2. hakəne

3. əlewuao

4. əhepɪtəhne

5. omome (litː 'one hand')

 . kole (litː 'a lot' )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Eliane Camargo, Centre d'Etudes des Langues Indigenes d'Amerique (CELIA/CNRS), Paris, France, March 25, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Eliane Camargo, 2009 年 3 月 25 日.

Other comments: Wayana (Wayâna) is spoken by 1,740 speakers in Marowijne district: upper Tapanahoni river; northwest of Trio language speakers, Suriname as well as Brazil and French Guiana. Wayana only has traditional numerals from one to four. After four they have a word for five which means 'one hand'. Currently, they prefer to use Maroons, or Saramaccan Creole, an English based Creole, numeral system. Note that the symbols 'ë'=IPA [ə].