Language name and location: Kumukio, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区库穆基奥语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

 

1. tauc

2. kosop

3. karembot

4. ikosop so ikosop ('two and two')

5. suli nembat ('hand half')

10. suli nembat nembat ('hand half half') 

11. suli nembat nembat kea tauc ('hand half half leg one')

20. ke suli pisuk ('legs hands together') 

40. azap ikosop ('men two') 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, Department of Language and Communication Studies, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. December 12, 1988.

Source: Smith, Geoffrey P. 1988. Morobe Counting systems, Pacific Linguistics, A-76, 1988, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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的语言家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: Kumukio is spoken by approximately 1,200 speakers in two villages

in the mountains behind the Sialum coast on the north-east of Huon Peninsula, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The data were provided by an informant in Lae. The system employs three numerals and hans and feet to tally to a total of 20 or one man.


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