Language name and locationː Keyagana, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区克雅加那语, 巴布亚新几内亚东高地省奥卡帕地区

 

1. maɡoke ( lit: 'only some / one')

2. lole ( lit: 'two')

3. loleʔe maɡoʔe (lit: 'two and one')

4. loleʔe loleʔe (lit: 'two and two') 

5. naya maɡokayaɡa (lit: 'my one hand')

6. naya maɡokayaɡa maɡoʔe (lit: 'my one hand and one') 

7. naya maɡokayaɡa loleʔe (lit: 'my one hand and two')  

8. naya maɡokayaɡa loleʔe maɡoʔe (lit: 'my one hand and two and one')  

9. naya maɡokayaɡa loleʔe loleʔe (lit: 'my one hand and two and two')  

10. naya lole (lit: 'my two hands')  

11. naya loleʔe maɡoʔe (lit: 'my two hands and one')   

12. naya loleʔe loleʔe (lit: 'my two hands and two')

13. naya loleʔe loleʔe maɡoʔe (lit: 'my two hands and two and one')

14. naya loleʔe loleʔe loleʔe (lit: 'my two hands and two and two')
15. naya loleʔe naiya maɡokayaɡa (lit: 'my two hands and one foot')
16. naya loleʔe naiya maɡokayaɡaʔe maɡoʔe (lit: 'my two hands and one foot and one') 
17. naya loleʔe naiya maɡokayaɡaʔe loleʔe (lit: 'my two hands and one foot and two') 
18. naya loleʔe naiya maɡokayaɡaʔe loleʔe maɡoʔe
19. naya loleʔe naiya maɡokayaɡaʔe loleʔe loleʔe
20. naya loleʔe naiya lole (litː 'my two hands and two feet')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Cliff Hellar, Pioneer Bible Translator, Papua New Guinea, June 18, 2010.

提供资的语言家: Mr. Cliff Hellar, 2010 年 6 月 18 日.

 

Other comments: by approximately 11,000 speakers in Henganofi and Okapa districts, Eastern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. Keyagana counting is a “20” point cycle system. 21 to 29 can be expressed as follows: 21. ''naya loleʔe naiya lole maɡoʔe'', 29. ''naya loleʔe naiya loleʔe kaya maɡokayaɡaʔe loleʔe loleʔe''=my two hands and two feet and your one hand and two and two', 30ː ''naya loleʔe naiya loleʔe kaya loleʔe''='my two hands and two feet and your two hands', 40ː ''lole vekakaʔmo anayaʔe anaiyaʔe''='two man's hands and feet''. After that, they use English with phonological adaptations for 50, fifati; 60, sikasati, 70.seveti, 80.eiti, 90.naiti, 100. vani hatalei, 200. tu hatalei.


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