Language name and locationː Koro, Manus, Papua New Guinea [Ref toː Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 克洛语 (帕皮塔莱语 Papitalai), 巴布亚新几内亚之马努斯岛东部隔海尼格罗斯岛

 

1. tih *

21.  ruŋul e ti

2. moruwah

22.  ruŋul e rua

3. matalah

23.  ruŋul e tala

4. mahahu

24.  ruŋul e hahu

5. malimah (lit: 'hand')

25.  ruŋul e lima

6. mawonoh 

26.  ruŋul e wono

7. mandotalah   (10 - 3)

27.  ruŋul e ndotala

8. mandoruwah (10 - 2)

28.  ruŋul e ndorua

9. mandotih      (10 - 1)

29.  ruŋul e ndoti

10. masoŋul

30.  matuluŋul

11. soŋul e ti

40.  mahaŋul

12. soŋul e rua

50.  malimiŋul

13. soŋul e tala

60.  maonoŋul

14. soŋul e hahu

70.  mandotuluŋul

15. soŋul e lima

80.  mandoruŋul

16. soŋul e wono

90.  (mo)ndotoŋul  

17. soŋul e ndotala

100. masaŋat

18. soŋul e ndorua

200. moruŋat

19. soŋul e ndoti

1000. patih  

20. moruŋul

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jessica Cleary-Kemp, Department of Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley, USA. December 7, 2010, December 6, 2012, April 25, 2014.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Jessica Cleary-Kemp, 2010 年 12 月 7 日.

 

Other comments: Koro has a typical "Manus type" Austronesian language decimal counting system with special structure for numerals 6 to 9. The data was taken from Papitalai dialect of the Koro language. It seems the number 6 is a loanword from Polynesian language. I have realized on my last field trip that Papitalai is not a separate language from Koro, but is rather just a dialect of Koro. I'm not aware of any differences in the numeral systems of different Koro dialects, but there may be some that I don't know about. For now you could list the data I gave you for Papitalai as being Koro (Papitalai dialect). Note that the numbers 90 and 1000 are taken from Dr. Glennon A. Lean's old data in orthographic spelling twenty years ago.
Note:  The forms that are listed there for numerals 1-9 always occur with a numeral classifier suffix. This means that the forms listed are never actually spoken. There are several numeral classifiers, including general classifier -h, person classifier -mou, tree classifier -ei, basket classifier -hat, etc. I would suggest you either list the numbers 1-9 with the general classifier, or put a hyphen on the end to indicate that they obligatorily
take a numeral classifier suffix. The numbers with the general classifier are as follows:
1 tih, 2 moruwah, 3 matalah, 4 mahahu, 5 malimah, 6 mawonoh, 7 mandotalah,
8 mandoruwah, 9 mandotih. Koro is spoken by about 1,700 speakers in Lele-Bupi LLG and Los Negros LLG, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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