Language name and locationː 'Auhelawa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区奥赫拉瓦语 (库拉达语 Kurada), 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

 

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.
提供资的语言家: Dr. David Lithgow. 1991 年 3 月 10 日.

 

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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