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Language name and locationː Odiai (Busa), Papua New Guinea [Refer toː Ethnologue] |
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1. otutu |
21. we tina otutu |
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2. sinana |
22. we tina sinana |
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3. onana |
23. we tina onana |
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4. ayete |
24. we tina ayete |
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5. yubenaeti |
25. we tina yubenaeti |
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6. dita otu (lit: 'one of the other hand') |
26. we tina dita otu |
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7. dita sinana |
27. we tina dita sinana |
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8. dita onana |
28. we tina dita onana |
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9. dita ayete |
29. we tina dita ayete |
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10. wo otu |
30. wo ona |
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11. we otutu |
40. wo ayete |
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12. we sinana |
50. wo yubenaeti |
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13. we onana |
60. wo dita otu |
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14. we ayete |
70. wo dita sinana |
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15. we yubenaeti |
80. wo dita onana |
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16. we otu ditaotu |
90. wo dita ayete |
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17. we otu dita sinana |
100. wo wewe |
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18. we otu dita onana |
200. sinanatuma wewe |
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19. we otu dita ayete |
1000. otu owewe |
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20. wo otina |
2000. sinana owewe |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Lisa Kappeler, NTM (New Tribes Mission), Papua New Guinea. June 25, 2011. 提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Lisa Kappeler, 2011 年 6 月 25 日. |
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Other comments: Odiai
or Uriay or Busa has a quinary system.
10 – one zero. 100 – zero, zero (two zeroes) 200 – second zero, zero 1000 – one zero, zero, zero Basically the ‘wo’ in two digit numbers basically means ‘0’. Then as you get to three digit numbers, the ‘wo’ becomes ‘we’, to indicate the next level up. They adjust the ‘we’ as the numbers continue to rise to indicate how many zeroes are placed after the initial number. ‘ayete matuwe’ = 40,000 [four, four zeroes] or ‘yubenaeti matumatuwe’ means 500,000 where ‘matumatuwe’ now means literally ‘five zeroes’. This is the ancestral way of counting. Nowadays they tend to only use the numbers one through five and move to the Melanesian Pidgin system of counting – 6-bela, 7-bela, etc. The symbols we use phonemically are: a, b, d, e, f, i, k, m, n, o, r, s, t, u, w, y, ay, ey, aw, ow, oy, aey (glides). |
Odiai Phonemic Chart:
Source: adapted from ''Manual of articulatory phonetics ' by William A. Smalley
Consonantsː
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Bilabial |
Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
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Stops |
p, b |
t, d |
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k |
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Fricatives |
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s |
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Nasals |
m |
n |
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Semivowels |
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y |
w |
Vowelsː
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Front |
Central |
Back |
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High |
i |
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u |
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Mid |
e, ei |
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o, ou, oi |
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Low |
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a, ai, au |
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