Language name and locationː Managalasi, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马纳加拉斯语 (Ese 埃塞语), 巴布亚新几内亚奥罗省

1. kuinu

2. noʔo

3. noʔopiso

4. noʔona noʔona 

5. ija ropu (litː ''hand half''? ) or iropu

6. iropu kuisu

7. iropu noʔo, iropu noʔona, iropuna noʔo

8. iropuna noʔoposu

9. iropuna ??

10. iropu iropu  (litː ''hands two''? )

11. iropu ropu kuino

12. iropu ropu noʔo

13. iropu ropu

14. iropu ropu

15. iropu ropu ??

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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. James and Judith Parlier, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, May 30, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. James and Judith Parlier. 2011 年 5 月 30 日

Other comments: Managalasi or Ese has a (2, 5) cyclic system with, however, a number

of irregularities. The number 1 is 'kuiso'; this does not appear in the numeral 3, 'noʔopiso' although the morpheme for 2 does, implying a 2 + 1 construction. The

numeral 4 has a '2 + 1' construction, 'noʔona noʔona', the morpheme for two 'noʔo',

appearing twice. The number word for 5 is 'ija ropu' where 'ija' means 'hand'; the alternative is 'iropu' and this is used to construct the numeral 10, i.e, 'iropu ropu', which thus has a ' 5 + 5' rather than a ' 5 x 2 ' construction. In constructing 6 to 8, the numerals 1 and 3 change slightly in combination. The numeral 1 'kuinu', becoming 'kuisu', the numeral 3, 'noʔpiso', becoming 'noʔopisu. The number word for 6 to 8 show a '5 + n' construction. The other numerals from 13 to 20 are not available.

Please note that the conversion between orthography and IPA values: j = IPA [ dʒ] ???, '= IPA [ʔ]