Language name and location: Kunbarlang, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区昆巴朗语, 澳大利亚北部

 

1. -kudji 'one' [-kuɟi] * 

2. kaburrk 'two' [kaburk] 

3. baburrk ka -kudji or kaburrk la kun-kudji [kaburkla kuɟi]

    'three' (literally 'two and one')

4. kaburrk la kaburrk [ kaburklakaburk ] (litː 'two and two') *

5. kun-bid-kun-kudji [kunbidkunkuɟi]  (litː 'hand one') 

    many. rleng [ɭɛŋ]

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Isabel Oʼkeeffe, School of languages and linguistics, University of Melbourne, Australia. October 23, 2012.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Isabel Oʼkeeffe, 2012 年 10 月 23 日.

 

Other comments:  Kun-barlang has only two words for numbers. Note that the one -kudji is a bound nominal that requires a nominal prefix. With the meaning ‘one’ –kudji requires a noun class prefix (na- [na], kin-[kin], man-[man] or kun-[kun]); many -rleng is a bound nominal that requires a nominal prefix (na- [na], kin-[kin], man-[man] or kun-[kun]).


 

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