Language
name and locationː Doga,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tamona |
2. ruamo |
3. tonu |
4. bata |
5. imeimate (lit: 'hand one?') |
10. orotona |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of
Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua
New Guinea, 1991. |
Other commentsː Doga may have a traditional quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 may still be used now. Doga is an endangered languages spoken by about 140 speakers in Cape Vogel north coast, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea. |
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