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Saraveca language

Saraveca
Sarave, Xaráy
Native toBolivia
RegionEastern lowlands
EthnicitySarave(ca)
Extinctafter 2000
possibly some rememberers
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3sar
Glottologsara1331
ELPSaraveca

Saraveca (Xaray)[1] is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia by the Sarave.[2][3] By 1962, most people have switched to Chiquitano.[4]

Numbers

It is said[5][6] to be the only language with a numeral system based exclusively on five, although quinary systems exist. To some extent this is also an areal feature of other South American languages; many form their numbers 6–9 as "five + one", "five + two" and so on.

Saraveca numerals[2]
Number Saraveca
one atia
two iñama
three anahama
four azarakapa
five ara-piaiče

References

  1. ^ Godoy, Gustavo; Balykova, Kristina (2023-11-30). "Multilingual Pantanal and its decay". Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America. 19 (2): 272–293. doi:10.70845/2572-3626.1362. ISSN 2572-3626.
  2. ^ a b de Créqui-Montfort, G.; Rivet, P. (1913). "Linguistique Bolivienne. La Langue Saraveka". Journal de la Société des américanistes. 10: 497–540. ISSN 0037-9174.
  3. ^ Danielsen, Swintha (January 2013). "Evaluating historical data (wordlists) in the case of bolivian extinct languages". STUF - Language Typology and Universals. 66 (3). doi:10.1524/stuf.2013.0014. ISSN 2196-7148.
  4. ^ Saraveca language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  5. ^ Wells, David (1997). The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin UK. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-14-026149-3.
  6. ^ "Numerals and numeral systems | Examples & Symbols | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-01-01.


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