Language
name and locationː Kap,
Sandaun,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tei |
21. wilim ro tei |
2. ro |
22. wilim ro ro |
3. tul |
23. wilim ro tul |
4. au |
24. wilim ro au |
5. lim (litː 'hand'̠) |
25. wilim ro lim |
6. lim tei (5 + 1) |
26. wilim ro lim tei |
7. lim ro (5 + 2) |
27. wilim ro lim ro |
8. lim tul (5 + 3) |
28. wilim ro lim tul |
9. lim au (5 + 4) |
29. wilim ro lim au |
10. wilim etei |
30. wilim tul |
11. wilim etei tei |
40. wilim au |
12. wilim etei ro |
50. wilim lim |
13. wilim etei tul |
60. wilim lim tei |
14. wilim etei au |
70. wilim lim ro |
15. wilim etei lim |
80. wilim lim tul |
16. wilim etei lim tei |
90. wilim lim au |
17. wilim etei lim ro |
100. rabuaj tei |
18. wilim etei lim tul |
200. rabuaj ro |
19. wilim etei lim au |
1000. rabuaj wilim etei |
20. wilim ro |
2000. rabuaj wilim ro |
Linguist providing
data and dateː Mr. Martin Gesva, Mongen Communication School, Wewak,
Papua New Guinea, December 29, 1997. |
Other comments: Kap or Ali has a quinary-decimal counting system. Kap is spoken by about 3,000 speakers on Ali, Angel, and Seleo islands, and some villages between Paup and Yakamul coast of Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. |
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