Language name and locationː Buhutu, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区布胡图语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省阿洛陶镇

 

1. ʔeseɡa

21.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi ʔeseɡa

2. luwaɡa

22.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi luwaɡa

3. faihona

23.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi faihona

4. fati

24.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi fati

5. faliɡiɡi

25.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi faliɡiɡi

6. faliɡiɡi ʔeseɡa   ( 5 + 1 )

26.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi faliɡiɡi ʔeseɡa

7. faliɡiɡi luwaɡa  ( 5 + 2 )

27.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi faliɡiɡi luwaɡa

8. faliɡiɡi faihona  ( 5 + 3 )

28.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi faliɡiɡi faihona

9. faliɡiɡi fati        ( 5 + 4 )

29.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi faliɡiɡi fati

10. safuhudohudo

30.  taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi safuhudohudo

11. safuhudohudo i ʔeseɡa

40.  tatau luwaɡa sa peʔi

12. safuhudohudo i luwaɡa

50.  tatau luwaɡa sa peʔi safuhudohudo

13. safuhudohudo i faihona

60.  tatau faihona sa peʔi

14. safuhudohudo i fati

70.  tatau faihona sa peʔi safuhudohudo

15. safuhudohudo i faliɡiɡi

80.  tatau fati sa peʔi 

16. safuhudohudo i faliɡiɡi ʔeseɡa

90.  tatau fati sa peʔi safuhudohudo 

17. safuhudohudo i faliɡiɡi luwaɡa

100. tatau faliɡiɡi sa peʔi 

18. safuhudohudo i faliɡiɡi faihona

 

19. safuhudohudo i faliɡiɡi fati

 

20. taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi *

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 17, 1988.  January 7, 2009.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper. 1988 年 3 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Buhutu has a quinary counting system with one word for ten and a phrase for twenty 'taumoho ʔeseɡa ya peʔi' which means 'one man is dead'. 'tatau' might be it's shortened form. However, people use English or Pisin after five now. Buhutu is spoken by about 1,500 speakers in the Sagarai valley of Alotau district, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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