Language name and location: West Kewa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 西部克瓦语 (西部克瓦皮语), 巴布亚新几内亚南高地省

 

1. eɡata (lit: ''little finger'')

2. laapo (lit: ''ring finger'')

3. repo (lit: ''middle finger'')

4. malaa (lit: ''index finger'')

5. supu (lit: ''thumb'')

6. oraapu (lit: ''flesh of the thumb'')
7. waraa (lit: ''palm'')
8. kerepo (lit: ''wrist'')
9. noae (lit: ''carpals'')
10. noae re pambu  (lit: ''radius'')
11. noae re luambu (lit: ''ulna / small arm'')
12. pini (lit: '' mid upper arm'' )
13. pini re pambu 
14. pasaa (lit: ''shoulder'')
15. pasaa re pambu 
16. kalambe ( lit: ''top of the shoulder'')
17. ipa lo (lit: ''lower neck'')
18. maa (lit: ''neck'')
19. peae (lit: ''back of cheek'')
20. peae re pambu ( lit: ''temple'')
21. aane (lit: ''ear'')
22. ini (lit: ''eye'')
23. paki (lit: ''inside corner of eye'')
24. rikaa (lit: ''between eyes'')
25. paki menda (the body parts are repeated in reverse order and by adding menda
     ''another''.
26. ini menda
27. aane menda
28. peae re pambu menda
29. peae menda
30. maa menda
40. palaa ki menda
100. paapu
200. paapu laap

 

1. eɡata (lit: ''little finger'')

2. laapo (lit: ''ring finger'')

3. repo (lit: ''middle finger'')

4. ki (lit: ''hand'')

5. konde (lit: ''thumb'')

6. kina konde pandane (lit: ''na'' is a possessive suffix; ''pandane'' or ''pamende'' is ''one''
7. kina konde laapo
8. ki laapo
9. ki laapona konde
10. ki laapona konde repo
11. ki repo
12. ki repona
13. ki repona konde
14. ki repona konde laapo
15. ki repona konde repo
16. ki maala
17. ki maalana konde
18. ki maalana konde laapo
19. ki maalana konde repo
20. ki su
100. paapu
200. paapu laapo

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Karl J. Franklin. SIL International, USA, March 29, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Karl J. Franklin. 2010 年 3 月 29 日.

 

Other comments: West Kewapi or West Kewa is spoken by about 45,000 speakers in

Kagua and Mendi districts, Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. West Kewa has a tally counting system based on 24, and another four base counting system.

West Kewa Phonemic Chart:

Consonants:

 

Labial

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Stops (Simple)

 

 t

ɡ

 

Stop(Complex)

 ᵐb

 ⁿd

ᵑɡ

 

Fricatives

β

 s (s/z)

k(kx)

 

Nasals

m

n

 

 

Non-nasals

w

l

y 

 

Flap

 

ʀ

 

 

 

Vowels:

 

Front

Central

Back

High

i

 

u

Mid

 

 

o

Low

e

a

 

 

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