Language
name and locationː 'Auhelawa,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ʔemosi / eʔhebo |
2. heʔalau / bwau |
3. tonuɡa |
4. vehepali |
5. nima (lit: 'hand') |
6. nima ʔeʔehebo na haliɡiɡi eʔhebo ( 5 + 1 ) |
7. nima ʔeʔehebo na haliɡiɡi bwau ( 5 + 2 ) |
8. nima ʔeʔehebo na haliɡiɡi tonuɡa ( 5 + 3 ) |
9. nima ʔeʔehebo na haliɡiɡi vehepali ( 5 + 4 ) |
10. nima bwau (lit: 'hands two') |
20. lohea-i-mwalawoi |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Lithgow,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea.
March 10, 1991. |
Other comments: 'Auhelawa or Kurada has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 20 may still be used frequently now. 'Auhelawa is spoken by about 950 speakers in Normanby island, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea. |
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