Language name and location: Kwerba Mamberano, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区奎尔巴-曼贝拉诺语, 印度尼西亚巴布亚省北部地区

 

1. abac

2. ninic

3. ihinic

4. mamamariin

5. mabana mabana mabin [litː 'this, this, this is (all)']

6. matane matan abac (lit: 'this side, this here, one'?)

7. matane matan ninic

8. matane matan ihinic

9. matane matan amariin

10. matan baru matan baru [lit: 'this all /complete' while viewing closed left hand,

     then opening left hand and then closing left hand over closed right hand, say 'this

     all /complete' ?]

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Heljä Clouse,Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia, 1989. Mr. James A. De Vries, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia. June 16, 2011.

提供资的语言家: Mrs. Heljä Clouse, 1989 年. Mr. James A. De Vries, 20011 年 6 月 16 日.

 

Other comments: Kwerba Mamberano may have a counting system up to 10. Kwerba Mamberano is an endangered language with about 300 speakers spoken in Edifalen, Kwerba, and Marinafalen villages on Mamberamo river east bank and into highlands, Papua province, Indonesia.


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