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Language name and locationː Ankave, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]
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1. wo |
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2. wau |
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3. wau wo |
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4. wau wau |
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5. ti wau ti wau wo ( some people say 'we wu' one hand, 'wu' being the pronoun for the noun class to which a hand / leg belongs) |
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6. ti wau ti wau ti wau ( we wumi ta'ŋɨ wo one hand one, lit: 2, 2, 2 ) |
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7. ti wau ti wau ti wau wo ( we wumi ta'ŋɨ wau, lit: 2, 2, 2, 1 ) |
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8. ti wau ti wau ti wau ti wau ( we wumi ta'ŋɨ wau wo, lit: 2, 2, 2, 2 ) |
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9. ti wau ti wau ti wau ti wau wo ( we wumi ta'ŋɨ wau wau, lit: 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 ) |
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10. we tukau (litː two hands ) |
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11. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi bi taeyo ti 'ŋɨ wo (litː 'two hands being at the leg there one') |
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12. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi bi taeyo ti 'ŋɨ wau |
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13. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi bi taeyo ti 'ŋɨ wau wo |
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14. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi bi taeyo ti 'ŋɨ wau wau |
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15. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi wu (litː 'two hands being leg one') |
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16. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi wu eŋa'na wɨ wu mɨ da'ŋɨ wo (litː 'two hands being leg one being the other over there one') |
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17. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi wu eŋa'na wɨ wu mɨ da'ŋɨ wau |
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18. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi wu eŋa'na wɨ wu mɨ da'ŋɨ wau wo |
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19. we tukau eŋa'na suxwi wu eŋa'na wɨ wu mɨ da'ŋɨ wau wau |
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20. we tukau suxwɨ tu'kau ( litː 'two hands two legs') |
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21. a'mayo mu'to'nɨ a'a topotaxɨ 'menɨ nɨ ( litː 'it has
surpasses a man, we cannot count anymore; this was the first answer, wehn pressed them say this. |
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21. we tukau suxwɨ tukau joxɨ yayo wo (litː 'two hands
two legs you man your one, they start counting on someone else's hands and legs') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Ray Gibello (Baptist
missionary)
through Mr. Ray Stegeman,
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Ray Gibello, 2011 年 1 月 26 日. |
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Other comments: Ankave is spoken by about 1,500 speakers in Gulf province, Papua New Guinea. Ankave has a (2, 5) cyclic pattern and is a digit tally system. There are distinct words for the numbers 1 and 2, 3 appears to have the construction '2+ 1'. The number words for 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'we' and have the approximate meaning of 'hand one' and 'hand(s) two' respectively. There are thirteen noun classes; each with different words for the numbers, but they all follow the same pattern. The above is for man / male. |
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