Language
name and locationː Awad Bing,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tesaɡ |
2. ruw |
3. tohol |
4. paiy |
5. dimad tesaɡ ( lit: 'hand one' ) |
6. dimad tesaɡ didily tesaɡ |
7. dimad tesaɡ didily ruw |
8. dimad tesaɡ didily tohol |
9. dimad tesaɡ didily paiy |
10. dimad ruw ( lit: 'hand two' ) |
11. dimad ruw yeed didily tesaɡ |
12. dimad ruw yeed didily ruw |
13. dimad ruw yeed didily tohol |
14. dimad ruw yeed didily paiy |
15. dimad ruw yeed tesaɡ (lit: 'hand one, and foot one') |
16. dimad ruw yeed tesaɡ didily tesaɡ |
17. dimad ruw yeed tesaɡ didily ruw |
18. dimad ruw yeed tesaɡ didily tohol |
19. dimad ruw yeed tesaɡ didily paiy |
20. dimad ruw yeed ruw (lit: 'hand two, foot two') |
Linguist providing
data and dateː Ms. Malinda Ginmaule through Mrs. Lucille (Sissie)
D'Jernes, SIL-International, Papua New Guinea. July 7, 2014. |
Other comments: Awad Bing or Billiau has a traditional counting system up to ninety. There are some different forms from the old ones provided by Douglas Bennett in 1997. Awad Bing, or Biliau, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,100 people in seven villages near Astrolabe Bay, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Almost all speakers also use Tok Pisin as a second language. Awad Bing is also spoken by a few Ngaing for trading purposes. |
Language
name and locationː Awad Bing,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. daseɡ |
2. ruw |
3. toul |
4. wahalbad |
5. dimadbad ( lit: 'hand one' ) |
6. dimad didiliy daseɡ |
7. dimad didiliy ruw |
8. dimad didiliy toul |
9. dimad didiliy wahalbad |
10. dimad ruw (lit: 'hand two' ) |
11. dimad ruw wiyed didiliy daseɡ |
12. dimad ruw wiyed didiliy ruw |
13. dimad ruw wiyed didiliy toul |
14. dimad ruw wiyed didiliy wahalbad |
15. dimad ruw wiyed daseɡ (lit: 'hand one, and foot one') |
16. dimad ruw wiyed daseɡ didiliy daseɡ |
17. dimad ruw wiyed daseɡ didiliy ruw |
18. dimad ruw wiyed daseɡ didiliy toul |
19. dimad ruw wiyed daseɡ didiliy wahalbad |
20. dimad ruw wiyed ruw (lit: 'hand two, foot two') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Douglas Bennett,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea,
October 16, 1997. |
Other comments: Awad Bing or Billiau has a traditional counting system up to twenty. After 20, they use English numerals. |
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