Language
name and locationː Iduna,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. saʔeyana |
2. luhei |
3. tohiye |
4. laufuli |
5. nimada fafalatamo (lit: 'hand one') |
6. nimada fafalatamo saʔeyana |
7. nimada fafalatamo luhei |
8. nimada fafalatamo tohiye |
9. nimada fafalatamo laufuli |
10. nimada fafalaluɡa (litː 'hands two') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Joyce Huckett,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea. May 8,
1994. |
Other comments: Iduna
or Vivigani has a traditional counting expressed by descriptive phrases
centering around the hands and feet, but I have never heard them used.
Counting is done more easily in English in a transliterated form.
Nowadays, only 1 to 5 |
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