Language name and location: Kinalakna, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. kutam |
2. ikop |
3. ikop so ŋolo ('two and one'?) |
4. ikop so ikop ('two and two') |
5. holi nembat ('hand half') |
6. holi nembat kutam ('hand half one') |
10. holi nembat nembat ('hand half half') |
11. kea kutam ('leg one') |
15. kea nembat ('leg half') |
16. kea nembat kutam ('leg half one') |
20. kea nembat nembat ('legs half half') |
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: Kinalakna is spoken by approximately 300 speakers only living at Kinalakna village in the mountains behind the Sialum coast, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The village informants provided the counting data. The meaning of the expression for three is not altogether clear, but it seems to be composed of two and something else, presumably another one. If so, there are only two distinct numerals, with the use of the hands and legs for tallying to 20. |
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