Language name and locationː Kamasa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡马萨语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. hunaninko

2. hukweɡo

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, Department of Language and Communication Studies, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. December 12, 1988.

Source: Smith, Geoffrey P. 1988. Morobe Counting systems, Pacific Linguistics, A-76, 1988, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

Other comments: Kamasa is a nearly extinct language of the Angan family language spoken by a few speakers, mainly at Katsiong refugee village north-eat of Menyamya. Morobe, Province, Papua New Guinea. No field data were collected, but the following numbers were taken from word lists prepared by Lloyd (1973:548).

Referring to common features of Angan languages, Lloyd notes (1973:87):

    Counting systems are very similar...there are words for one, two and phrases literally two one for three and two two for four. For higher numbers the nouns hands and foot

are used.

    The Kamasa counting system thus has two numeral words and appears to use the hands and feet to tally to 20.