Language
name and locationː
Dusner, West Papua, Indonesia [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. yoser |
21. snontu yoser |
2. nuru |
22. snontu nuru |
3. tori |
23. snontu tori |
4. pati |
24. snontu pati |
5. rimbi |
25. snontu rimbi |
6. rimbi yoser (5+ 1) |
26. snontu rimbi yoser |
7. rimbi nuru (5+ 2) |
27. snontu rimbi nuru |
8. rimbi tori (5+ 3) |
28. snontu rimbi tori |
9. rimbi pati (5+ 4) |
29. snontu rimbi pati |
10. sampu |
30. snontu sur |
11. sampu yoser |
40. snontu nuru (20 x 2) |
12. sampu nuru |
50. snontu nuru sur |
13. sampu tori |
60. snontu tori (20 x 3) |
14. sampu pati |
70. snontu tori sur |
15. sampu rimbi |
80. snontu pati (20 x 4) |
16. sampu rimbi yoser |
90. snontu pati sur |
17. sampu rimbi nuru |
100. utin |
18. sampu rimbi tori |
200. utin nuru |
19. sampu rimbi pati |
1000. siaran yoser |
20. snontu |
2000. siaran nuru |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Suriel Mofu and Dr. Mary
Dalrymple, Centre for
Linguistics and Philology, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford
OX1, University of Oxford, UK., March 13, 2012. |
Other comments: Dusner has a five-base (quinternary) number system. The numerals up to thirty and the word meaning 'one hundred' are as above. The numeral snontu 'twenty' also means 'person'. The meaning for rimbi 'five' apparently related to 'hand. We are not able to elicit many of the higher numbers, the speakers are more used to using Indonesian or Wandamen rather that Dusner in counting, but the forms for the numerals forty, fifty, etc exist and were formerly in use. Note that the speaker produced the form snontu tori for the numerals 60, but this is the form that speaker used for the numeral 23. Dusner is a recently extinct language formerly spoken in Teluk Wondama regency, West Papua province, Indonesia. |
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