Language name and locationː Kaninuwa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 卡尼努瓦语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省古迪納夫島

 

1. tɑmokɑɣɑ

21.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuɸuninɑ tɑmokɑɣɑ (nuwɑ tɑmokɑɣɑ)

2. nuwesi

22.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuɸuninɑ nuwesi (nuwɑ nuwesi)

3. tonusi

23.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuɸuninɑ tonusi (nuwɑ tonusi)

4. nuɸuninɑ

24.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuɸuninɑ nuɸuninɑ (nuwɑ nuɸuninɑ )

5. (nimɑ) ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo ('hand one')

25.  nuwɑ ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmokɑɣɑ (nuwɑ tɑmo)

6. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmokɑɣɑ

26.  nuwɑ ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo tɑmokɑɣɑ

7. ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuwesi

27.  nuwɑ ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo nuwesi

8. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tonusi

28.  nuwɑ ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo tonusi

9. ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuɸuninɑ 

29.  nuwɑ ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo nuɸuninɑ  

10. (nimɑ) ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuwɑ ('hands two')

30.  tonu sine

11. ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuwɑ tɑmokɑɣɑ

40.  nuɸuni sine

12. ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuwɑ nuwesi

50.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo sine

13. ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuwɑ tonusi

60.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo tɑmokɑɣɑ sine

14. ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuwɑ nuɸuninɑ

70.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo nuwesi sine

15. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tonu ('hands three')

80.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo tonusi sine 

16. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tonu tɑmokɑɣɑ 

90.  ɸɑɸɑnɑ tɑmo nuɸuninɑ sine 

17. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tonu nuwesi

100. tɑmo sine sine

18. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tonu tonusi

200. nuwesi sine sine

19. ɸɑɸɑnɑ tonu nuɸuninɑ

1000. tɑmokɑɣɑ sine sine

20. (nimɑ) ɸɑɸɑnɑ nuɸuninɑ (nuwɑ sine)

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Karla Sligh Watt, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. June 19, 2011
提供资的语言家: Ms. Karla Sligh Watt, 2011 年 6 月 19 日.

 

Other comments: Kaninuwa has a special quinary counting system. There was an old data recorded by Dr. Glen A. Lean about twenty-three years ago that suggest they have a counting system based on 12. 12 is expressed by the phrase 'nima fafana nuwa keta nues(manamana tomokaga)', 15 is nima fafana nuwa keta kaetamo', 20 is 'nima fafana nuwa keta kae nuwa, 24 is manamana suesi'. Tallying from 1 to 10 is carried out on the two hands and from 11 to 19 on the feet. The word for 20 is roughly 'hands two feet two'. Kaninuwa is spoken by about 400 speakers in two villages north of Goodenough island, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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