Language
name and locationː Kaninuwa,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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) |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Karla Sligh Watt,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea. June 19,
2011.
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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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