Saraveca language
Appearance
Saraveca | |
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Native to | Bolivia |
Region | Eastern lowlands |
Extinct | 2nd millennium |
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. It is said[1][2] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Wells, David (1997). The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-14-026149-3.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Numerals and numeral systems".