Language name and locationː Minika Witoto, Colombia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区米尼卡-维语, 哥伦比亚东南部亚马逊省

 

1. daa

2. mena

3. daámani

4. fɨɡoménarie

5. hubeba  

6. enéfebamo daa (litː ''one finger (is marked) on the other hand'')

7. enéfebamo mena

8. enéfebamo daámani

9. enéfebamo fɨɡoménarie

10. náɡafeba (lit: ''both hands (are marked)'')

11. eɨ́bamo da (litː ''one toe on the foot'' )

12. eɨ́bamo mena

13. eɨ́bamo daámani

14. eɨ́bamo fɨɡoménarie

15. eɨ́bamo hubeba

16. eɨ́ba enéfebamo da

17. eɨ́ba enéfebamo mena

18. eɨ́ba enéfebamo daámani

19. eɨ́ba enéfebamo fɨɡoménarie

20. eɨ́ba naɡáfebe (litː ''both feet'')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Eugene and Dorothy Minor, Wycliffe International, October 22, 2010, October 30, 2010.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Eugene and Dorothy Minor, 2010 年 10 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Minika Witoto or Minica Huitoto, Southern Witoto, Witoto Meneca is spoken by approximately 1,500 speakers out of 2,400 ethnic population in 
Amazonas and Caquetá departments: Putumayo River basin, along the Igaraparaná River (22 communities, of which the most populated is La Chorrera); Putumayo department: Leguizamo minicipality, Colombia.

Minika Witoto or Minica Huitoto has a counting system based on hand, fingers, foot and toes. They can count up to 30 "eɨ́ba naɡáfebe caipo onóbai naɡáfene''. 21 is expressed by ''eɨ́ba naɡáfebe caipo onóbaimo da'', 25. ''eɨ́ba naɡáfebe caipo onóbai hubeba''. Note thatː  j = h in orthographic spelling.


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