Language name and locationː Aighon, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区艾贡语, 巴布亚新几内亚之西新不列颠省南部沿海地区

 

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

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Iljae Jung, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, June 4, 2011.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Iljae Jung, 2011 年 5 月 4 日

 

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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