Language name and locationː Bosilewa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区博斯勒瓦语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省古迪納夫岛北部  

 

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.
提供资的语言家: Dr. David Lithgow, 1991 年 3 月 10 日.

 

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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