Iau

Language name and location: Iau, Papua province, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 雅乌语, 印度尼西亚巴布亚省中部本哲再也地区

1. bɪ̄síbɛ̄

2. bɔ̀bɛ̄

3. báuībē

4. bɔ́-hāī bɔ́-hāidɛ̄ (litː both-both?)

5. ōí áisītòɛ̀dɛ̄ (litː hand finished)

6. ōí ābū ì kõi bísībɛ̄ (litː hand other - one)

7. ōí ābū bɔ̀bɛ̄ (litː hand other - two)

8. ōí ābū báuībē (litː hand other - three)

9. ōí ābū bɔ́-hāī bɔ́-hāidɛ̄ (litː 'other hand both-both')

10. ōí ɸāhu áisītòɛ̀dɛ̄ (litː hand all finished ), kadi (litː many)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Heljä Clouse, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia, 1989. Ms. Janet Bateman, Wycliffe, February 22, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Heljä Clouse, 1989 年. Ms. Janet Bateman. 2010 年 2 月 22 日.

Other comments: Iau has a counting system up to ten based on hand. Iau is spoken by about 1,500 speakers (2018 J. Bateman), in Bakusi, Duita, Fawi, and Fi villages between Rouffaer and Van Daalen rivers, Puncak Jaya regency, Papua province, Indonesia.

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