Language name and locationː Gumawana, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区古马瓦纳语 (古马斯语 Gumasi), 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省当特尔卡斯托群岛

 

1. taya-mo 

2. ai-yuwo 

3. ai-to 

4. ai-vasi 

5. ai-nima   (lit: 'hand')

6. ai-nima taya-mo ( 5 + 1 ) 

7. ai-nima ai-yuwo ( 5 + 2 ) 

8. ai-nima ai-to      ( 5 + 3 ) 

9. ai-nima ai-vasi    ( 5 + 4 ) 

10. yawou 

11. yawou taya-mo 

12. yawou ai-yuwo 

13. yawou ai-to 

14. yawou ai-vasi 

15. yawou ai-nima 

16. yawou ai-nima taya-mo

17. yawou ai-nima ai-yuwo 

18. yawou ai-nima ai-to 

19. yawou ai-nima ai-vasi 

20. koroto tayamo ikamasa 

30. koroto tayamo ikamasa yawou

100. koroto ai-nima ikamasa

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Clif Olson, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, July 4, 1988. January 2, 2009.
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的语言家: Mr. Clif Olson, 1988 年 7 月 4 日. 2009 年 1 月 2 日.

 

Other comments: Gumawana or Gumasi has a quinary counting system with one word for ten and and a phrase for twenty 'koroto tayamo ikamasa' which means 'one man is dead'. However, people use English borrowings or Pisin now often. The language is still strong but with kids going to school now, they are saying a lot of English. For 'twenty' I rarely hear 'koroto tayamo ikamasa'. Typically they will say tuwenti. They tend to use only English for numbers greater than twenty. Gumawana is an endangered language spoken by about 400 speakers in Amphlett Islands, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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