Language name and locationː Kawacha, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]
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1. tona |
2. tavau |
3. tavau to ('two and one') |
4. tavau tavau ('two and two') |
5. tavau tavau to ('two and two and one') |
6. tavau tavau tavau ('two and two and two') |
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.
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Other comments: Kawacha or Kawatsa is another very small Angan Family language, being spoken by about 20 people, mainly in Katsiong refugee village north-eat of Menyamya. Morobe, Province, Papua New Guinea. A Kawatsa-speaking informant in Lae provided the data. Counting continued using only combinations of one and two. There was no attempt to tally on the hands. Lloyd (1973:549) gives the words for 'one' 'two' as uwa'na and huvaa'u respectively. |
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