Language name and locationː Anuki, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区阿努基语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省沃格尔角北部

 

1. tana / ta'naɣa

2. bata

3. ʔaroba 

4. ruwa ma ruwa (2 + 2)

5. imikovi (lit: 'one hand) /  imana i kovi (lit: 'one hand finished') 

6. from 6 to 9 use English numerals now

10. ima bata (lit: 'two hands) / imana bata i kovi (lit: 'two hands finished') 

11. from 11 to 19 use English numerals now

20. tomoɣa tana (litː ''one man'') / tamoina i rabobo (litː ?)

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Kipling Borewa, Hazel Kerina, Joanna Frampton through Karla Sligh Watt, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. October 26, 2011
供资料的语言学家: Kipling Borewa, Hazel Kerina, Joanna Frampton, 2011 年 10 月 26 日.

 

Other comments: The Anuki people only use Anuki numbers as far as five. Beyond that, they use English numbering system now. They have an old counting system up to twenty. Anuki is an endangered d language spoken by about 600 speakers in the north coast of Cape Vogel, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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