Language name and locationː Aribwaung, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区阿里布昂语 (雅卢语 Yalu), 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省莱城西北部

 

1. uruts

2. siruc  c = ʔ

3. siruc aruts ( 2 + 1 ) 

4. siruc siruc ( 2 + 2 ) 

5. paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen (litː 'hand half')

6. paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin uruts (litː 'hand half and one')

7. paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin siruc

8. paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin siruc aruts

9. paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin siruc siruc

10. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc (litː 'hands two')  

11. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin uruts (litː 'hands two and one')

12. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin siruc

13. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin siruc aruts

14. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin siruc siruc

15. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen (litː 'hands two, foot one')

16. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin uruts

17. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin siruc

18. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin siruc aruts

19. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin siruc siruc

20. paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ siruc (litː 'hands two, feet two') or artsamo (litː 'whole man')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of Linguistics,
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. October 21, 1998.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. 1998 年 10 月 21 日.

 

Other comments: Aribwaung or Yalu is spoken by about 500 speakers in the single village of Yalu in Wampar Rural LLG, Moorbe province, Papua New Guinea. According to Sue Holzknecht's old data recorded 20 years ago. Aribwaung or Yalu people have an old counting system combines a counting system based on two with tallying on hand and feet up to 20, and a word artsamo, literally 'whole man' to express 20. 


 

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