Language name and locationː Dawawa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区达瓦瓦语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省古迪纳夫湾西南岸

 

1. tʰe'naːɡa

2. 'raːbuⁱ

3. 'raːbuⁱ tʰe'naːɡa  ( 2 + 1 )

4. 'raːbuⁱ 'raːbuⁱ      ( 2 + 2 )

5. 'nima 'kʰoːvi   (lit: 'one hand') 

6. 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ  ( 2 + 2 + 2 )

7. 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be tʰe'naːɡa  ( 2 + 2+ 2 +  1 )

8. 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ  ( 2 + 2 + 2 + 2  )

9. 'raːbuⁱ 'be raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be tʰe'naːɡa ( 2 +2 + 2 + 2 + 1 )

10. 'nima 'kʰoːvi 'raːbuⁱ ( 'two hands' ) / 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ be 'raːbuⁱ

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Martin Knauber, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, January 16, 1989. 
提供资的语言家: Dr. Martin Knauber, 1989 年 1 月 16 日.

 

Other comments: Dawawa has only two recorded numerals. Nowadays, people use English numbers after five or even two. Dawawa is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in

the Rabaraba district of Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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