Language name and location: Alyawarr, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿利亚瓦拉语, 澳大利亚北部和昆士兰地区

 

1. anyent [ʌˈɲəntʰ]            

2. atherr [ʌ'tθəɾᵉ]

3. irrpety [iɾ'pitʃ]
4. irrpetyap [ir'pitʃʌp] ( litː 'a few' )
5. akngerr [ʌk'ŋəɾᵊ]   ( litː 'many' )
6. akngerr innga [ʌk'ŋə in'ŋʌ] ( litː 'very many' )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. David Blackman, Australian Society for Indigenous Languages, Alice Spring, NT, Australia, October 15, 2008.
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. David Blackman, 2008 年 10 月 15 日

 

Other comments: Alyawarr has only three words for numbers 1 to 3. After three, there areː irrpetyap [ir'pitʃʌp], which means ' a few', akngerr [ʌk'ŋəɾᵊ], which means 'many' and akngerr innga [ʌk'ŋə in'ŋʌ], which means 'very many'. All other numbers are borrowed from English and pronounced as in English.

 

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