Language
name and locationː Aighon,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tain |
21. sulukanvʊoŋolita |
2. vʊoŋ |
22. sulukanvʊoŋolivʊoŋ |
3. mijʊk |
23. sulukanvʊoŋolimijʊk |
4. nal |
24. sulukanvʊoŋolinal |
5. ɛsip (lit: 'one hand') |
25. sulukanvʊoŋoliɛsip |
6. sʊplita (5 + 1) |
26. sulukanvʊoŋolisʊplita |
7. sʊplivʊoŋ (5 + 2) |
27. sulukanvʊoŋolisʊplivʊoŋ |
8. sʊplimijʊk (5 + 3) |
28. sulukanvʊoŋolisʊplimijʊk |
9. sʊplinal (5 + 4) |
29. sulukanvʊoŋolisʊplinal |
10. sulukanta |
30. sulukanmijʊk |
11. sulukantaolita |
40. sulukannal |
12. sulukantaolivʊoŋ |
50. sulukanɛsip |
13. sulukantaolimijʊk |
60. sulukansʊplita |
14. sulukantaolinal |
70. sulukansʊplivʊoŋ |
15. sulukantaoliɛsip |
80. sulukansʊplimijʊk |
16. sulukantaolisʊplita |
90. sulukansʊplinal |
17. sulukantaolisʊplivʊoŋ |
100. sulukansulukanta (10 x 10) / ''popɪpɪ'' |
18. sulukantaolisʊplimijʊk |
200. sulukansulukanvʊoŋ |
19. sulukantaolisʊplinal |
1000. ''popɪpɪ'' |
20. sulukanvʊoŋ |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Iljae Jung, SIL International, Papua
New Guinea,
June 4 |
Other comments: Aighon or Psohoh has a traditional quinary system of counting. The word ''popɪpɪ'' means the highest cardinal number in Aighon area. It is interpreted into hundred or thousand or more. But this word is hardly used. Nobody except very old men doesn't know it. Most of young men use English cardinal numbers, so a few young men know their own cardinal numbers. Aighon is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in West New Britain province, Papua New Guinea. |
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