Language
name and locationː Aribwaung,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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, |
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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