Extinct (date missing) Glottolog sara1331 | Region Eastern jungle ISO 639-3 sar | |
Language family ArawakanSouthern ?Paresí–XinguParesíSaraveca | ||
Saraveca is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia by the Sarave. It is said 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
Saraveca language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA