Language name and locationː Kowiai, West Papua, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区科韦埃, 印尼巴西布亚省本贝赖半岛西南海湾内几个小岛

 

1. isamos

21.  subut wet resin isamos

2. wet

22.  subut wet resin wet

3. tor

23.  subut wet resin tor

4. fat

24.  subut wet resin fat

5. rim

25.  subut wet resin rim

6. rim isamos  (5 + 1)

26.  subut wet resin rim isamos

7. rim wet      (5 + 2)

27.  subut wet resin rim wet

8. rim tor       (5 + 3)

28.  subut wet resin rim tor

9. rim fat        (5 + 4)

29.  subut wet resin rim fat

10. fuca

30.  subut tor

11. fuca resin isamos

40.  subut fat

12. fuca resin wet

50.  subut rim

13. fuca resin tor

60.  subut rim isamos

14. fuca resin fat

70.  subut rim wet

15. fuca resin rim

80.  subut rim tor

16. fuca resin rim isamos

90.  subut rim fat

17. fuca resin rim wet

100. raca

18. fuca resin rim tor

200. rat wet

19. fuca resin rim fat

1000. rifun

20. subut wet

2000. rifun wet

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Roland Walker, SIL International, December 12, 1993. January 14, 2009.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Roland Walker. 1993 年 12 月 12 日, 2009 年 1 月 14 日.

 

Other comments: Kowiai has a quinary system. Phonetic representations are similar to Bahasa Indonesia, except that 'f' is labio-dental in Kowiai. r = a flap [ɾ], b= voiced bilabial [b] and c = voiceless affricate [t͡ʃ]. Kowiai is spoken by about 600 speakers in

some villages in Bomberai peninsula, Adi islands and some smaller islands in bay, West Papua province, Indonesia.


 

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