Language
name and locationː Bilbil,
Madang, Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ketei |
2. oru |
3. toli |
4. pali |
5. niman-ta (lit: 'hand-one'?) |
6. niman-ta ketei di ( 5+1) |
7. niman-ta oru di ( 5+2) |
8. niman-ta toli di ( 5+3) |
9. niman-ta pali di ( 5+4) |
10. nimad oru ( 5 x 2 ) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Malcolm Ross, Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: Bilbil or Bilibi may have a quinary-decimal system. The data for Bilbil was incomplete, new data of counting system needed to fill in the gaps for higher numerals after ten. Bilbil is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,200 people near Madang town, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. |
Back >> [ Home ] >> [ Austronesian ] >> [ Western Austronesian ] >> [ Central Austronesian ] >> [ Eastern Austronesian ]