Language name and location: Kurrama, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]
|
1. kunyjirri [kuɲɟiri] |
2. kutharra [kut̪ara] |
3. jarrkurti [ɟarkuʈi] |
more than 3 maru [maɻu] |
Noteː voiced and unvoiced is not contrastive for stops |
Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Jessica Mathie (Senior Linguist,
MA, University of Queensland
) and Mr. Peter M. Hill, Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre,
South Hedland, WA, Australia, September 12, 2012. |
Other comments: Traditionally, in Kurrama there were terms for one, two, and three, and then a general ‘many/lots/mob’ term. However, in recent times, with the influence of western concepts, compounding of these original terms can derive more numbers, such as ‘four’ which is represented by ‘two+two’. |
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