Language name and locationː Kumalu, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区库马鲁语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省中部内陆穆蒙河地区

 

1. tim'bɛndɛŋ

2. yu

3. yon

4. mɛndəŋ

5. nəma'βaru (litː 'hand half'')

10. nəma'ru (litː 'hands two')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bruce Hooley, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Papua New Guinea. February 8, 1988.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Bruce Hooley, 1988 年 2 月 8 日

 

Other comments: Kumalu, like other Austronesian languages in Morobe province, has a digit-tally counting system up to twenty. Generally only numbers 1-5 and 10 are regularly used now, for the other numbers words are commonly borrowed from Tok Pisin and English. Kumalu is spoken by about 4,800 speakers in Mumeng district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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