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Saraveca is an extinct Arawakan language once spoken in Bolivia by the Sarave.cite-ref-0-1-0[1]cite-ref-2[2] By 1962, most people has switched to Chiquitano.cite-ref-e17-3-0[3]

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It is saidcite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[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 |

|---|---|

| one | atia |

| two | iñama |

| three | anahama |

| four | azarakapa |

| five | ara-piaiče |

cite-note-0-11. ↑ citerefde-cr-qui-montfortrivet1913de Créqui-Montfort, G.; Rivet, P. (1913). "Linguistique Bolivienne. La Langue Saraveka". Journal de la Société des américanistes. 10: 497–540. ISSN 0037-9174.

cite-note-22. ↑ citerefdanielsen2013Danielsen, Swintha (January 2013). "Evaluating historical data (wordlists) in the case of bolivian extinct languages". STUF - Language Typology and Universals. 66 (3). doi:10.1524/stuf.2013.0014. ISSN 2196-7148.

cite-note-e17-33. ↑ Saraveca language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

cite-note-44. ↑ citerefwells1997Wells, David (1997). The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin UK. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-14-026149-3.

cite-note-55. ↑ "Numerals and numeral systems | Examples & Symbols | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-01-01.