Language name and locationː Middle Kodut, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
 语言名称和分布地区: 中部科杜特语/中部瓦图特语 Middle Watut/斯利斯利语 Silisili,

巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省瓦图特河流域中部

 

1. bicits / morots

2. siruc / serok

3. siruc a bicits / serok a morots (litː ''2+1") 

4. siruc a bicits / serok a serok  (litː ''2+2'') 

5.  serok a serok a morots (litː ''2+2+1'') / biaŋkeʔ haits (litː ''my hand half'')

6. serok a serok a serok (litː ''2+2+2'')

7. serok a serok a serok a morots (litː ''2+2+2+1'')

8. serok a serok a a serok a serok (litː ''2+2+2+2'')

9. serok a serok a serok a serok a morots (litː ''2+2+2 +2+1'')

10. ŋa biaŋke serok (litː ''my hands two'')

  

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. December 12, 1988.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith , 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: Middle Kodut or Middle Watut or Silisili has a binary counting system with hands. New data needed to compare with the old one. Middle Watut is spoken by about 1,700 speakers in Babwaf, Mararena, and Bentseng (Tshetsie) villages in Mumeng district, lower Watut valley, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea.

 

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