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

语言名称和分布地区: 沙万特语, 巴西西部马托格罗索州非连续原住民保留区

1. misi

2. maparane  (lit: like emu's feet ) * 'emu' is a kind of large bird living in Brazil

3. siʔubdatõ  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Alec Harrison, SIL International, Brazil, October 9, 2009.

Referenceː Ruth McLeod & Valerie Mitchell. 2003, SIL. Aspectos da língua xavante.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Alec Harrison, 2009 年 10 月 9 日.

Other comments: Xavánte (A’uwẽ) or Chavante, Shavante is spoken by approximately 19,000 speakers in 80 villages, 6 noncontiguous reservations, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The numbers utilized in the Xavante numerical system are: 1, 2, 3, 10, and 20. Even numbers greater than 2 are called mro pâ, 'with spouse'. The concept of 4 can be expressed with maparane si'uiwa na meaning 'two with their spouses' or mro pâ 'with spouse'; the second term does not specify the number of pairs, only indicating that it is dealing with an even number. Odd numbers over 1 are called imro tõ 'that which lost a spouse'. The concept of 3 can be expressed as si'ubdatõ or imro tõ 'that which lost a spouse'; the second term does not specify the number, only that it is an odd number. Beyond this, the Xavante use borrowed numbers from Portuguese, with Portuguese pronunciation. The words 'dez' 10 and 'vinte' 20 are borrowed from Portuguese. Note on orthography and phonetic transcriptionsː

1. ' =IPA [ʔ], 2.  r =IPA [ɾ], 3. nh =IPA [ŋ], 4. d =IPA [d]

5. â =IPA [ə, 6. õ =IPA [õ],  7. y =IPA [ɨ], 8. e =IPA [e], 9. é =IPA [ɛ]

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

语言名称和分布地区: 沙万特语, 巴西 西部马托格罗索州非连续原住民保留区

1. mitsi

2. maparane

3. tsiʔubtatõ  

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Laura Graham, National Endowment for the Humanities, School of American Research, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA, May 6, 1993.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Laura Graham, 1993 年 5 月 6 日.

Other comments: Xavánte has only 1 to 5 as numbers in their language. After five,

they say ''many' or '' a lot'' ahö di. Today, most Xavánte use Portuguese to express larger sums. 'dedzi' from Portuguese 'dez' for 10, ''vinte'' for 20 and so on. They are familiar with terms like 'mil' 1000, 'dez mil' and so on because of their use of Brazilian money ( and its inflation ).