Language name and location: Kayardild, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. warngiida [ waɻŋiːt] |
2. kiyarrngka [kijarŋk] |
3. burldamurra [puɹlʈamra] |
4. mirndinda [minʈint] |
. muthaa [mut̪aː] ( lit: many ) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Nicholas D. Evans,
Department of Linguistics,
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia,
January 28, 2010. |
Other comments: The word for three may be reduplicated: burldamurra-burdamurra 'quite a few. Counting is not a traditional activity in Kayardild; in fact, the counting of turtle eggs was, and still is, tabooed. The only time I have heard a higher number used was in a discussion of how many wives a man had; the expression kiyarrangka marlda 'two hands' was used for 'ten'. |
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