Language name and locationː Gweda, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区贵达语 (加鲁瓦希语 Garuwahi), 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

 

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.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Bethwyn Evans, 1997 年.

 

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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