Language name and locationː South Kodut,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. takatanaŋ / waŋin |
2. suruʔ |
3. suruʔ waŋin ( litː ''2 + 1") |
4. suruʔ a suruʔ (litː ''2 + 2'') |
5. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi (litː ''one hand'' ) |
6. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats takatanaŋ |
7. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats a suruʔ |
8. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats suruʔ waŋin |
9. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats suruʔ a suruʔ |
10. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi [litː ''completed (two hands)''] |
11. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi waŋin |
12. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi suruʔ |
13. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi suruʔ waŋin |
14. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi suruʔ a suruʔ |
15. ɡi-baŋi-nd a musunu iktas ɡi-fa-nd fiatak (litː ''our hands together jumps onto the top of our leg '') |
20. ɡi-baŋi-nd a ɡi-fa-nd mi-maʔ adzuʔ (litː ''our hands and our feet finished'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: South Kodut or South Watut has a counting system combines the counting system based on two with tallying on hand and feet to twenty. South Kodut is spoken about 700 speakers in Bulaprik (Gumots), Dangal, Maralangko, Sanang, Wawas and Zinimb villages, lower or south Watut river, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. |
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