Language name and locationː Bunama, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区布纳马语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省诺曼比岛

 

1. aiɡeda

2. erue

3. etoi

4. epata

5. lasapwai / ulabara / nima-esaeseɡa (lit: 'hand half?)

6. ulabara-aiɡeda ( 5 + 1 )

7. ulabara-erua    ( 5 + 2 )

8. ulabara-etoi     ( 5 + 3 )

9. ulabara-epata   ( 5 + 4 )

10. nima-bwau-bwau (lit: hands two?)

20. lohea-i-moasa / man i dai (from Tok Pisin 'man is dead?)

 

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: Bunama has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 or 20 may still be used frequently now. Bunama is spoken by about 4,000 speakers on Normanby island in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.


 

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