Language name and locationː Inoke-Yate, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. naɡoke (lit: 'one') |
2. toɡole (lit: 'two') |
3. toɡoli naɡonaɡi (lit: 'two and one') |
4. toɡoli toɡoli (lit: 'two and two') |
5. nako nayamaʔa (lit: 'my one hand'), naya or nayama='my hand') |
6. nayateɡati naɡoke (lit: 'from my one hand take one') |
10. naya toɡole (litː 'hands two') |
20. toɡo naiyaɡi, tole nayanaɡi (litː 'two feet, two hands') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Joy McCarthy.
SIL-International,
Papua New Guinea, June 14,
2011. |
Other comments: Inoke-Yate is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Okapa district, Eastern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. Inoke-Yate has a traditional digit-tally counting system up to twenty, however, people only remember few words from 1 to 6, 10 and 20 now. |
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