Language name and location: Central Awyu, Papua, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 中部奥尤语, 印度尼西亚西巴布亚省南部波文迪哥尔县地区

1. kamisi'ɡɛ

2. u'kuma

3. u'kumasi'o

4. saŋɡrɛ (litː 'four'' or ''two plus two')

5. bi'rikuma  

6. bi'rikuma bɛɾaɣaɸi woɾo (litː 'the thumb of the other hand on the top of five')

7. bi'rikuma bɛɾaɣaɸi u'kuma (litː 'two fingers of the other hand on the top of five')

8. bi'rikuma bɛɾaɣaɸi u'kumasi'o (litː 'three fingers of other hand on the top of five')

9. bi'rikuma bɛɾaɣaɸi saŋɡrɛ (litː 'four fingers of the other hand on the top of five')

10. bi-bi'rikuma (litː 'five-five') 

11. bi-bi'rikuma kɛtaɣaɸi woɾo (litː 'the toe of the other leg on the top of five-five')

12. bi-bi'rikuma kɛtaɣaɸi u'kuma (litː '2 toes of other leg on the top of five-five')

13. bi-bi'rikuma kɛtaɣaɸi u'kumasi'o (litː '3 toes of the other leg on the top of 5-5')

14. bi-bi'rikuma kɛtaɣaɸi bi'rikuma (litː '4 toes of the other leg on the top of 5-5')

15. bi-bi'rikuma kɛtaɣaɸi bi'rikuma (litː '5 toes of the other leg on the top of 5-5')

20. bɛraɣaɸi-ɸi buo-mo=ri bɛraɣaɸi-ɸi buo-mo=ri

     [litː 'I add (my) two hands and two legs']

30. bɛraɣaɸi-ɸi buo-mo=ri bɛraɣaɸi-ɸi buo-mo=ri aɣu ɸɛ ɡobu undo-mo=ri ɛna
     bɛ-bɛraɣaɸi-ɸi =e

     (litː 'I add (my) two hands and two legs, another person are added together, and

     (is ) his two hands')

40. nu-'kuɡobu-me=re uɣu ɸɛ ɡobu(o)-me=re-ya or aɣu ukuma ɡobu undo-ma-ɣa-na
     (litː 'I and another people join together')

50. aɣu ukuma ɡobu undomereya aɣu ɸɛ ɛnɛ bɛbɛraxaɸiɸiɛ

     (litː 'two people and another person's two hands')

60.  aɣu ukumasio ɡobu undomaxana (litː 'three people added')

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Myo-Sook Sohn, Wycliffe International, Papua, Indonesia, March 1, 2010. Old wordlist provided by Miss. Heljä Heikkinen, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia, May 31, 1988.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Myo-Sook Sohn, 2010 年 3 月 1 日.

Other comments: Central Awyu or Central Auyu is spoken by approximately 7,500 speakers in Mappi and Boven Digul regencies, Papua province, Indonesia. The number system in Central Auyu is based on five: a quintenary number system. The way of counting numbers is to count up to five and add figures on the top of five except six that is five plus the name of the thumb. Counting numbers are used by fingers and toes. For twenty, it is a compound meaning literally “one person” as most Papua languages do. From twenty, they use clauses to express figures. For example, forty is that a person’s hands and legs plus another person’s hands and legs’. Numbers from one to five are often used, while above six to ten is occasionally used. There is no word above sixty. Another way of counting numbers from six to ten is to use the names of fingers.

                 a.  birikuma  bɛɾaɣaɸi     womu
                      5           another arm  index finger                                                   ‘the index finger on the top of five (6)’
                 b.   birikuma  bɛɾaɣaɸi    womu piaɣ
                      5           another arm  middle finger
                     ‘the middle finger on the top of five (7)’
                 c.    birikuma  bɛɾaɣaɸi   womu nemu
                     5          another arm    ring finger
                     ‘the ring finger on the top of five (8)’
                 d.    birikuma  bɛɾaɣaɸi   siaɣa   5      
                     another arm   little finger
                     ‘the little finger on the top of five (9)’

Central Auyu Phonemic Chart:

Consonantsː

A palatal central approximant [y], as U.S. phonetic symbols, is equal to [j],
an IPA phonetic symbols. In this paper, [y] is used because Indonesian has a
phoneme /j/ for an alveopalatal affricative [d͡ʒ].

Vowelsː