Language
name and locationː Bwaidoka,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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. |
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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