Language name and locationː Galeya, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区加莱雅语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省当特尔卡斯托群岛

 

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.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. David Lithgow. 1991 年 3 月 10 日.

 

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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