Language name and locationː Wichí (Weenhayek), Argentina [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 维芝语 (温哈耶克语), 阿根廷

1. hɑtexʷaxi  / unu < Spanishː uno

2. nitɑkʷ / lus < Spanishː dos

3. laxtumxʷaja / tales < Spanishː tɾes

4. tumwek / kʷatlu < Spanishː kwatɾo

5. kʷej iwenjaɬa (okʷej ‘my hand’ + iwenjaɬa ‘be.unique’) / sinku < Spanishː sinko

6.                      / seis < Spanishː seis

7.                      / sjete < Spanishː sjete

8.                      / očo < Spanishː očo

9.                      / nwewe < Spanishː nweβe

10. tixwek (tixwek ‘bump into each other’, implicity “the both hands”)

    / ljes < Spanishː djes

11.                   / onsi < Spanishː onse

12.                   / lusi < Spanishː dose

13. borrowed Spanish

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Verónica Nercesian, CONICET - National University of Formosa (Universidad Nacional de Formosa), Argentina. August 21, 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Veronica Nercesian, 2013 年 8 月 21 日

Other comments: Wichi/Weenhayek has a traditional base-five counting system,

the numbers five and ten are related with hands, the morphological segmentation is

o-kʷej            iwenjaɬa

This language is spoken in Chaco, Formosa and Salta provinces (Argentina) and Tarija

department (Bolivia). The above data is taken from Native Numerals used by the Pilcomayo

River communities. Nowadays, traditional numerals are more frequently used by the

Pilcomayo River communities in Bolivia and some communities from Argentina than

by the Bermejo River communities (Argentina). In general, the latter use the Spanish

loanwords. The Spanish numeral system has been completely incorporated to the language,

with some phonological and morphological adaptations (i.e. [unu]<[uno] (Spanish);

 [unu-fʷaχ], one-DIM, ‘only one’). Numerals beyond 10 are also Spanish loanwords.

Comments on language name: The “Wichi/Weenhayek” name comes from the terms

“Wichi” and “Weenhayek”, used in Argentina and Bolivia respectively, to refer to the

same language.

Comments on dialectal varieties: There are two main diatopic (geographical) varieties

of Wichi/Weenhayek called pilcomayeño and bermejeño based on whether the speakers live by the Pilcomayo or the Bermejo Rivers, respectively. In addition, two sub-varieties have been identified within each of the two mentioned dialects, depending on whether the speakers live upstream or downstream.