Language
name and locationː Kuni,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. kaona |
2. lua |
3. koi |
4. lualua ( 2+ 2 ) / bani |
5. ima kaona (litː 'one hand') |
6. ima kaona kaona ( 5+ 1 ) |
7. ima kaona lua ( 5+ 2 ) |
8. ima kaona koi ( 5+ 3 ) |
9. ima kaona lualua ( 5+ 2 + 2 ) |
10. ima lua (litː 'two hands') |
11. ima lua kaona |
12. ima lua lua |
13. ima lua koi |
14. ima lua lualua |
15. ima koi (litː 'three hands') |
16. ima koi kaona |
17. ima koi lua |
18. ima koi koi |
19. ima koi lualaua |
20. ima lualua ( litː 'four hands') |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Dr. Alan A. Jones, Department of Linguistics,
University of Sydney, Australia, July 3, 1997.
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Other comments: Kuni has a quinary counting system based on hand up to twenty, but nowadays, people use English numerals and only remained the traditional numerals from 1 to 5. Kuni is spoken buy about 2,400 speakers in Kairuku and southwest Goilala districts, Central province, Papua New Guinea. |
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