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

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

1. kuinu

2. noʔo

3. noʔopiso

4. noʔona noʔona  (2+2)

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

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: Ese or Managalasi is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in

Popondetta district, Oro province, Papua New Guinea. 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.

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