Language name and locationː Kakabai, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区卡卡拜语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省阿洛陶镇附近

 

1. ɣemota (North Kakabai dialect); esebo (South Kakabai dialect)

2. lubu

3. paiyona  (North Kakabai); faiyona (South Kakabai)

4. labu bi labu (North Kakabai); fati (South Kakabai) 

5. nima ɣemota (North Kakabai, litː 'hand one'); nima i kovi (South Kakabai)

10. nima labu  (North Kakabai dialect, litː 'two hands');  

10. nima labu i kovi (South Kakabai, two hands finished)

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. January 7, 2009.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper. 2009 年 1 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Kakabai might have a traditional binary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 may still be used now. Kakabai is spoken by about 900 speakers in Alotau district,

Milne Bay province, Papua eastern tip.


 

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