Language
name and locationː Avau,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. kiliŋasuk |
2. su |
3. muyuk |
4. penel |
5. limi (lit: 'hand') |
6. ki-polo (5+1) |
7. su-polo (5+2) |
8. muyuk-polo (5+3) |
9. penel-polo (5+4) |
10. lokoŋa |
11. lokoŋa pa ki |
12. lokoŋa pa su |
15. lokoŋa pa limi |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Malcolm Ross, Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: Avau has a traditional quinary system of counting. Avau is spoken by about 600 speakers in south coast and islands around Gasmata, West New Britain province, papua New Guinea. |
Language
name and locationː Avau,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. keleŋa-suk |
2. su |
3. miouk |
4. penel |
5. limi (lit: 'hand') |
6. kepolo ( 5 + 1 ) |
7. supolo ( 5 + 2 ) |
8. mioupolo ( 5 + 3 ) |
9. pinelpolo ( 5 + 4 ) |
10. lokoŋa |
20. lokoŋa pa su |
30. lokoŋa pa kiep |
40. lokoŋa pa miouk |
50. lokoŋa pa paŋ |
60. lokoŋa pa limi |
70. lokoŋa pa kiepolo |
80. lokoŋa pa mioupolo |
90. lokoŋa pa pinepolo |
100. lokoŋa weŋweŋ |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of
Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua
New Guinea, 1991. |
Other comments: Avau has a traditional quinary system of counting. |
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