Language name and locationː Kuni, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区库尼语, 巴布亚新几内亚中部省莫西北部

 

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.  
提供资的语言家: Dr. Alan A. Jones, 1997 年 7 月 3 .

 

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.


 

Back >> [ Home>> [ Austronesian ] >> [ Western Austronesian ] >> [ Central Austronesian ]  >> [ Eastern Austronesian ]