Language
name and locationː Bosilewa,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. taʔaɣa |
2. ʔeluwa |
3. tonuɡa |
4. veʌtána |
5. nimata (lit: 'hand one') |
6. venimána |
7. nima ve luwa ( 5 + 2 ) |
8. nima ve tonuɡa ( 5 + 3 ) |
9. nima ve veʌtána ( 5 + 4 ) |
10. nima kʷʌmúta (lit: 'hands ?') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Lithgow,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea,
March 10, 1991. |
Other comments: Boselewa has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 may still be used frequently now. Boselewa is spoken by about 600 speakers on Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. |
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