Language
name and locationː Galeya,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ʔiesina |
2. meluwa |
3. metɔ |
4. daʔina |
5. dimanina (lit: hand') |
6. dimanina ʔiesina ( 5 + 1 ) |
7. dimanina luwa ( 5 + 2 ) |
8. dimanina metɔ ( 5 + 3 ) |
9. dimanina daʔina ( 5 + 4 ) |
10. lʌwoᵘ (lit: 'hand two ?') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Lithgow,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea.
March 10, 1991. |
Other comments: Galeya has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 may still be used frequently now. Galeya is spoken by about 2,600 speakers in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. |
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