Yuhup

Language name and locationː Yuhup, Brazil, Colombia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 尤胡普语, 巴西西北部亚马逊州阿帕波里斯河流域热带雨林和哥伦比亚

1. cáp

2. bə̌ʔ

3. bòdɨ́ɡⁿ-wǎp

4. bàbᵐdí-wǎp (litː 'companion')

5. càhpóh wǎp (lit: 'one hand')

6. càhbâhpǒh ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'one on hand')

7. bə̌ʔ pǒh ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'two fingers ?')

8. bòdɨ́ɡⁿ-wǎp pǒh ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'three fingers ?')

9. bàbᵐdí-wǎp pǒh ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'four fingers ?')

10. bə̌ʔ póh wǎp (lit: 'two hands')

11. càh cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'one on foot / toe')

12. bə̌ʔ cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'two on foot / toe ')

13. bòdɨ́ɡⁿ-wǎp cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'three on foot / toe ')

14. bàbᵐdí-wǎp cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'four on foot / toe ')

15. bə̌ʔ póh wǎp dí ɟɔ̀ʔ cáh-cáh cíbᵐ-í (lit: 'two hands and one on foot')

16. càh báh cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák (lit: 'one on foot ?')

17. bə̌ʔ báh cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák

18. bòdɨ́ɡⁿ-wǎp báh cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák

19. bàbᵐdí-wǎp báh cíbᵐ ɟàhdòdák

20. càhɟápà ɟùhúp (lit: 'one person')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ana María Ospina Bozzi, University of Paris 7, Paris, France, January 31, 2009, now 2014, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

(National University of Colombia), Bogotá, Colombia.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ana María Ospina Bozzi, 2009 年 1 月 31 日.

Other comments: Yuhup or “Yahup Makú” (pej.) is spoken by approximately 720 speakers in Amazonas state: on the Apapóris, Castanha, Cunuri, Igarapé Samaúma, Ira, and Tiquié rivers, Brazil as well as Colombia.

Yuhup or Yuhup Makú has a traditional counting system up to twenty by using hands / fingers and feet /toes. It can continue counting up to 100 by the same way. So 40 is 'bə̌ʔ ɟùhúp'; 60 is 'bòdɨ́ɡⁿ-wǎp ɟùhúp'; 80 is 'bàbᵐdí-wǎp ɟùhúp' and 100 is 'càhpóh ɟùhúp'.

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