Saraveca | |
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Sarave | |
Saraveca | |
Native to | Bolivia |
Region | Eastern lowlands |
Ethnicity | Sarave(ca) |
Extinct | after 2000 possibly some rememberers |
Arawakan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sar |
Glottolog | sara1331 |
ELP | Saraveca |
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Saraveca is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia by the Sarave. [1] [2] By 1962, most people has switched to Chiquitano. [3]
It is said [4] [5] 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.
Number | Saraveca |
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one | atia |
two | iñama |
three | anahama |
four | azarakapa |
five | ara-piaiče |