| Saraveca | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in | Bolivia | |
| Region | Eastern jungle | |
| Total speakers | 0 | |
| Language family | American | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | – | |
| ISO 639-3 | sar | |
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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, though in fact quinary systems are not uncommon. 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
- ^ David Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers", ISBN 0-14-026149-4
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, "Numerals and numeral systems".
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