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Language name and location: Berik, Papua province, Indonesia [Refer toː Ethnologue]
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1. daanfena |
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2. naura |
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3. nauniŋna |
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4. naunaura (litː '2 + 2') |
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5. tafna ɡuri (lit: 'hand all') |
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6. tafa afwer daanfena (lit: 'hand other one') |
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7. tafa afwer naura |
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8. tafa afwer nauniŋna |
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9. tafa afwer naunaura |
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10. tafa afwer sama ɡuri (lit: hand two both all') |
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11. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa daanfena (lit: 'hand two both all, foot one') or tufa daafena (lit: 'foot one') |
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12. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa naura |
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13. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa nauniŋna |
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14. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa naunaura |
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15. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa tafna ɡuri (lit: 'hand two both all, foot all') or tufa ɡuri |
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16. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa tafa afwer daanfena (lit: 'hand two both all, foot all, one') or tufa afwer daanfena (lit: 'foot other one') |
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17. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa tafa afwer naura |
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18. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa tafa afwer nauniŋna |
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19. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa tafa afwer naunaura |
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20. tafa nau sama ɡuri tufa nau sama ɡuri ( lit: 'foot two both all') 21. tufa nao sama ɡuri daanfena (lit: foot two both all one') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Sue Westrum, Wycliffe International, June 1, 2011. 提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Sue Westrum, 2011 年 6 月 1 日 |
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Other comments: Berik have a traditional counting system up to twenty. However, the Berik people usually discontinue counting at the number fifteen and there has been some difficulty noted with the numbers eleven and sixteen. The reason for this difficulty is unknown, no Berik person uses any number in Berik over number 20 now. In actually fact of every day practice, they only use the numbers one, two, and three. After that they say “ane” which means “a lot”. About 60 % of the Berik people themselves do not know the numbers from 11 to 20, and some don’t know the numbers from 5 to 10. Starting with 21 they all use Indonesian numbers. The traditional Berik counting systems are interesting, they count the fingers going down. The 5th finger of the left hand bent down demonstrates number 1. The 4th and 5th fingers of the left hand bent down demonstrates number 2, and so on. Number 5 is shown by the left closed fist. 6 is the left closed fist held close to the 5th finger of the right hand held down. 10 is both fists held close together. Berik is spoken by about 1,200 speakers in villages in Sarmi regency, inland from Sarmi peninsula, Papua province Indonesia. |
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Language name and location: Berik, Papua province, Indonesia [Refer toː Ethnologue]
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1. daanfena |
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2. naura |
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3. nauniŋna |
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4. naunaura |
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5. tafna ɡuri |
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6. tafa aafwer daanfena |
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7. tafa aafwer naura |
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8. tafa aafwer nauniŋna |
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9. tafa aafwer naunaura |
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10. tafa aafwer samaɡuri |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Heljä
Clouse,
提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Heljä Clouse, 1989 年 |
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Other comments: Berik may have a counting system up to 20. |
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