Language name and locationː Koluwawa, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区科鲁瓦瓦语 (卡洛卡洛 Kalokalo), 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

 

1. kaitamoɡa / kaitamona

2. kaibweivu

3. kaitonu

4. laufulina

5. nimayavai (litː 'hand finished')

6. nimayavai kaitamoɡa (5+ 1)

7. nimayavai kaibweivu (5+ 2)

8. nimayavai kaitonu  (5+ 3)

9. nimayavai laufulina (5+ 4)

10. nimayavai nimayavai (litː 'hand finished, hand finished')

20. to'ebeweu (recorded from Glen A. Lean's book in 1990)

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Brad Guderian. SIL International, Papua New Guinea, December 29, 2004.
提供资的语言家: Mr. Brad Guderian. 2004 年 12 月 29 日.

 

Other comments: Kalokalo or Koluwawa has a quinary counting system up to twenty and a word for twenty ''to'ebeweu'' as recorded in Glen A. Lean's book in 1990. However, nowadays, the Koluwawa people only keep the traditional numbers from 1 to 5. After 5, they used English numbers with phonological adaptation. Koluwawa is spoken by about 900 speakers on Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.


 

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