Language name and locationː Bwaidoka, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 布艾多卡语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省古迪纳夫岛及弗格森岛

 

1. seya-na

2. luwei

3. toiye

4. laufuli

5. nima-fafali-na (litː 'hand-it's side')  

6. nima-fafali-na seyana ( 5 + 1 )  

7. nima-fafali-na luwei   ( 5 + 2 )  

8. nima-fafali-na toiye    ( 5 + 3 )  

9. nima-fafali-na laufuli  ( 5 + 4 )  

10. nima-fafali-luɡa (litː 'hand-it's side-two')   

11. aɡe-seya-na (litː 'with-one')  

12. aɡe-luwei  

13. aɡe-toiye  

14. aɡe-laufuli  

15. aɡe-fafali (litː 'leg--side')  

16. aɡe-fafali-aɡe-seya-na ( litː 'leg-side-with-one')

17. aɡe-fafali-aɡe-luwei

18. aɡe-fafali-aɡe-toiye

19. aɡe-fafali-aɡe-laufuli

20. aɡe-fafali-luɡa (litː 'leg-side-two')  

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mr. Stan and Patty Gibson, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. December 23, 2005. October 1, 2011.
提供资的语言家: Mr. & Mr. Stan and Patty Gibson. 2005 年 12 月 23 日.

 

Other comments: Bwaidoka or Bwaidoga has a quinary counting system. Nowadays usually the traditional numerals 1-5 are still used, from 6 onward the words are transliterated from English. Other higher English loanwords areː Note thatː nima=hand; fafalina=it's side; aɡe=leg. Bwaidoka is spoken by about 6,500 speakers in Goodenough Island and Fergusson Island in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a local lingua franca,


 

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