Language name and locationː Xerénte, Tocantins state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 塞伦特语, 巴西中部托坎廷斯州索努河和托坎廷斯河流域地区

1. smĩˈsi

2. ponkwa'nẽ

3. mrẽpränẽ

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Sinval Filho, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia,  Goiás, Brazil, August 10, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Sinval Filho, 2009 年 8 月 10 日.

Other comments: Xerénte or Akwẽ-Xerente, Sherenté is spoken by approximately 2,500 speakers in Tocantins state: between Rio do Sono and Rio Tocantins. Xerénte only has four traditional numerals ( 1, 2, 3 and 4), but now the teachers create the other names. They have a peculiar grammatical system for numbers. In general, the Xerente uses the counting concepts with words like: very or many (sakte)), few or little (kture), and so on. The counting are made in a DUAL system, Like I mentioned in my thesis.