Language name and locationː Binandere, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]
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1. da |
2. tote |
3. tamode |
4. tamode da ɡaɡani |
5. inɡo da ('hand one') |
6. inɡo neida ɡis |
7. ɡisida ɡaɡani |
8. toro nei |
9. inɡo da pasida |
10. aobe ao |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, Department of Language and Communication Studies, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. December 12, 1988.
Source: Smith, Geoffrey P.
1988. Morobe Counting systems, Pacific Linguistics, A-76, 1988,
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Other comments: Binandere is spoken by approximately 7,000 speakers mainly in the Northern province (Oro province), but also in two villages on the southern coast of the Morobe province close to the border. The incomplete data were collected from an information at high school in Lae. The meanings of these expressions are not clear. Five appears to mean 'one hand", but there seem be other words for six to ten. Clarification is needed here. |
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