Language
name and locationː Gweda,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. emosi |
2. luaɡa |
3. tonuɡa |
4. wohepali |
5. nima emosi i tutu (litː 'one hand finished' ) |
10. nima luaɡa i tutu (litː 'two hands finished' ) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr.
Bethwyn Evans,
College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia, 1997. |
Other comments: Gweda or Garuwahi is an highly endangered language with about 26 speakers. Gweda may have a traditional quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 may still be used now. Gweda is spoken in Garuwahi village, Maramatana local council area, Alotau district, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea. |
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