Language name and location: Kayardild, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区雅迪尔特语, 澳大利亚北部

 

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.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Nicholas D. Evans. 2010 年 1 月 28 日.

 

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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