Base-5
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- Nominal Categories - Numerals
- Notes
- At least some part of the system involves base-5
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Languages
| Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achagua | yes | Wilson & Levinsohn 1992 | ||||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | ||||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | No | 159 | 0 | |||
| Aguaruna | yes | Overall 2007:163 | ||||
| Alyawarr | no | 159 | 0 | |||
| Andoke | yes | up to 20 | Landaburu 1979: 137 | |||
| Apurinã | no | Facundes, 2000: 359 | ||||
| Arabana | no | 103-4 | 0 | |||
| Arrernte | No | 81 | 0 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | no | Payne 1981; Payne 1982; Payne 1983 | ||||
| Añun | no | Patte 1989 | ||||
| Bandjalang | yes | 200 | 1 | |||
| Baniwa | yes | Ramirez 2001 | ||||
| Barasano | yes | The Barasana count by fingers and toes, and eventually by people. | Jones & Jones 1991, p.36 | koho-bõ-kõ-ro(one-hand-count-NOM) | ||
| Bardi | no | 0 | ||||
| Bare | no | Aikhenvald, 1995: 21 | ||||
| Batyala | No | 209 | 0 | |||
| Baure | no | Danielsen 2007:158 | ||||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | no | 0 | ||||
| Bilinarra | no info | x | ||||
| Biri | no info | x | ||||
| Bora | yes | Seifart - 2005:130-131 | ||||
| Bularnu | no info | x | ||||
| Bunuba | no | 0 | ||||
| Cabecar | yes | Bertoglia 1983:4-5 | ||||
| Cahuilla | no | |||||
| Central Aymara | yes | Huayhua Pari 2001: 212 | ||||
| Chemehuevi | ||||||
| Comanche | no | |||||
| Cubeo | yes | |||||
| Cupeño | no | |||||
| Damana | no | |||||
| Darkinyung | no | 130 | 0 | |||
| Desano | yes | Desano speakers use a quintenary system. | Miller 1999, p. 46 | Most Desanos now use the Spanish numbering system after the number 'four' | ||
| Dharawal | no info | x | ||||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | no | 0 | ||||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | no | 176 | 0 | |||
| Djinang | no info | x | ||||
| Duungidjawu | no | 40 | 0 | |||
| Dyirbal | No | 240 | 0 | |||
| Dâw | no | Martins 2004 | ||||
| Eñepa | yes | Payne 2012:145-149 | ||||
| Gabrielino | no | |||||
| Garrwa | no | 12 | 0 | |||
| Githabul | No | 33 | 0 | |||
| Gooniyandi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Guaymí | no | Quesada 2008:91 | ||||
| Gugu-Badhun | no | 0 | ||||
| Gumbaynggirr | no | 277 | 0 | |||
| Guna | no | Smith texts | ||||
| Gunya | No | 371 | 0 | |||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no | 38, 65 | 0 | |||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | No | 176 | 0 | |||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | no | 151 | 0 | |||
| Hup | yes | Epps 2008 | ||||
| Idaho Shoshone | no | |||||
| Ika | no | Frank 1990:27 | ||||
| Ingá | no | Levinson 1974:40 | ||||
| Jaru | no | 52 | 0 | |||
| Jingulu | no info | x | ||||
| Kaingang | no info | Goncalves 2011:294 | ||||
| Kakua | yes | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | no | 192 | 0 | |||
| Karajarri | No | 304 | 0 | |||
| Karitiana | yes | Everett 2006:315-7 | ||||
| Katthang | no | 72 | 0 | |||
| Kaurna | No | 20 wordlist | 0 | |||
| Kawaiisu | no | |||||
| Kinikinau | no info | |||||
| Kitanemuk | no | |||||
| Kogi | no info | |||||
| Kokama | no | Vallejos 2010:264 | ||||
| Kokatha | no info | x | ||||
| Koreguaje | yes | Cook & Criswell 1993, p.43 | ||||
| Kotiria | yes | Stenzel 2004, p. 190 | ||||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | No | 477 | 0 | |||
| Kuku Yalanji | no | 65 | 0 | |||
| Kunjen | No info | x | ||||
| Kurrama | no info | x | ||||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | No | 85 | 0 | |||
| Luiseño | no | |||||
| Macaguan | no info | Buenaventura - 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | no info | Zamponi 2003:31-32, 46 | ||||
| Makiritare | yes | 5 = one hand, 10 = both hands | Hall 1988: 303; Escoriaza 1959:13 | |||
| Makuna | yes | base-5 until 20 (then x20) | Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.39 | hɨa- 'two' and hɨa-ria 'two-plural' | ||
| Makushi | no | Carson 1982: 70 | ||||
| Mapudungun | no | Zúñiga 2006, p. 189 | ||||
| Marrgany | No | 371 | 0 | |||
| Martuthunira | no | 190 | 0 | |||
| Mathi-Mathi | no | 73 | 0 | |||
| Matses | no info | |||||
| Mayi-Yapi | No | 198 | 0 | |||
| Minica Witoto | no info | Minor and Minor 1982 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | yes? | 83-4 | 1 | |||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | no | Weir 1984 | ||||
| Nanti | no | Michael, 2008. p. 311-312 | ||||
| Narungga | No info | x | ||||
| Naso | no | Quesada 2000 | ||||
| Ngaatjatjara | No | 151 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | No | 22 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No | 10 | 0 | |||
| Ngiyambaa | no | 73 | 0 | |||
| Nhanta | no info | x | ||||
| Nheengatu | yes | Cruz 2011:262 | ||||
| Ninam | no | Migliazza 1972, IDS list | ||||
| Northern Emberá | yes | Aguirre 1999:83 | Chamí | |||
| Northern Paiute | no | |||||
| Nyangumarta | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyikina | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyungar | no | d50 | 0 | |||
| Paakantyi | no | 0 | ||||
| Palikur | no | Green and green 1972:66 | ||||
| Panyjima | no | 0 | ||||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | no | Ayala 1996:103-4 | ||||
| Paresi | no info | Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 | ||||
| Pemon | yes | "A hand" is used for 5 and a "hand with a finger is 6 | de Armellada 1999: 66, 67 | |||
| Piapoco | yes | Numbers above four are expressed via something along the lines of "one of our hands." | Galindo, 2002: 190-191 | |||
| Pintupi | no info | x | ||||
| Pitjantjatjara | No | G 92 | 0 | |||
| Pitta-Pitta | No | 238 | 0 | |||
| Puinave | no info | |||||
| Páez | yes | Jung:133 | ||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | no | Parker 1965:35 | ||||
| Resígaro | yes | The word for "five" is basic, but 6-9 ais along the lines of "from the other hand, one/two etc." | Allin, 1976: 237 | |||
| Ritharrngu | No | 246 | 0 | |||
| Sanumá | no | Migliazza 1972 | ||||
| Serrano | no | |||||
| Shoshone | no | |||||
| Sikuani | yes | Queixalós 1988 | ||||
| Siona | yes | 10 and under is a finger-counting system that is base-5. | Wheeler - 1970:79; Wheeler - 1987:119 | |||
| Southern Paiute | no | |||||
| Southern Ute | no | |||||
| Surui | no info | |||||
| Tanimuca | yes | The number system is base five until the number twenty. | Strom 1992, p.50 | |||
| Tariana | yes | Numerals from five to ten are based on the word for hand, plus the relevant number of "fingers." | Aikhenvald, 2003: 218 | |||
| Thanggati | no | 40 | 0 | |||
| Tharrkari | No | 18 | 0 | |||
| Tikuna | no info | |||||
| Timbisha | ||||||
| Tukano | yes | West and Welch 2004: 64 | ||||
| Uradhi | No | 424 | 0 | |||
| Urarina | no | Olawsky:277-8 | ||||
| Wajarri | No info | 36 | x | |||
| Wakaya | no info | x | ||||
| Walmajarri | no | 0 | ||||
| Wambaya | no | 0 | ||||
| Wangkumara | no info | X | ||||
| Waorani | no info | |||||
| Wapishana | yes | "whole hand" | Santos, 2006: 197-201 | |||
| Warlpiri | no | LG158-9 | 0 | |||
| Warluwarra | no info | x | ||||
| Warnman | no info | x | ||||
| Warrgamay | No | 131 | 0 | |||
| Warrwa | no | 0 | ||||
| Warumungu | No | 27 | 0 | |||
| Warungu | no | 159 | 0 | |||
| Wathawurrung | no | 0 | ||||
| Waunana | yes | Loewen 1954:97-98 | ||||
| Wayuu | no | Captain, 2005 (numerals database) | ||||
| Wemba-Wemba | no | H Dictionary 23 | 0 | |||
| Western Mono | no | |||||
| WesternTorres | no info | x | ||||
| Wiradjuri | no | 26 | 0 | |||
| Wirangu | yes | 70 | 1 | |||
| Woiwurrung | no | 96 | 0 | |||
| Worrorra | no | ms9.1 | 0 | |||
| Yagua | no info | Payne and Payne 1990 | ||||
| Yalarnnga | no info | x | ||||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | no | Breen dictionary | 0 | |||
| Yanesha' | no info | Duff-Tripp | ||||
| Yanomami | no | Mattei-Muller 2007 | ||||
| Yanyuwa | no info | x | ||||
| Yavitero | no | |||||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | yes | 1 | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | no | 0 | ||||
| Yindjilindji | no info | x | ||||
| Yine | no | Wise 1986:593 | ||||
| Yingkarta | no info | x | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | no | 82 | 0 | |||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | no | Shauer & Shauer, 1978: 49-50 | ||||
| Yulparija | No | 65 | 0 | |||
| Yuwaalaraay | No | 155 | 0 |
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