Language
name and location: Ghayavi,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. saɡo |
2. ruwa |
3. aroba |
5. miikovi (lit: 'hand, ima') |
6. miikovi ma ku ima neva saɡo (lit: 'five and on hand other one') |
7. miikovi ma ku ima neva ruwa |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Robert Petersen through Mr. Ray
Stegeman, SIL International, Papua New
Guinea, May 3, 2013. |
Other comments: Ghayavi or Boianaki has a traditional counting system with three numerals similar to that of Gapapaiwa. Note: Orthography (the IPA characters are in row 1; the letters used to write the sounds are in row 2):
Dr. Glen A.
Lean (1991) had recorded the following data for Boianaki (Ghayavi) |
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