Language
name and locationː Bina,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. kanaoni |
2. buo |
3. aiteri (borrowed from Magi ?) |
4. vati |
5. ima (lit: 'hand') |
6. ima riria kana ( 5 + 1 ) |
7. ima riria bau ( 5 + 2 ) |
8. ima riria aiteri ( 5 + 3 ) |
9. ima riria vati ( 5 + 4 ) |
10. aukana |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Tom E. Dutton, Department of
linguistics, The |
Other comments: Bina is a nearly extinct or become extinct language, this language may have a quinary counting system similar to that of Magori. Bina is an extinct Austronesian language formerly spoken in north of Baibara Central province, Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and it turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages. |
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