Language name and locationː Kwoma, Papua New Guinea [ Refer to Ethnologue ]

语言名称和分布地区: 科马语 (Washkuk 瓦什库克语), 巴布亚新几内亚东锡皮克省 

1. pochi, pondat

2. upurus

3. purachara, dupura kara

4. dupura kapura

5. yoko tapa

6. yoko tapa pondat  ( 5 + 1 )

7. yoko tapa upurus ( 5 + 2 )

8. yoko tapa purachara ( 5 + 3 )

9. yoko tapa dupura kapura ( 5 + 4 )

10. yoko tapa yoko tapa ( 5 + 5 )

11. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii pondat  ( litː 'yatii' means 'foot')

12. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii upurus

13. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii purachara

14. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii dupura kapura

15. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii yoko tapa 

16. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii yoko tapa pondat

17. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii yoko tapa upurus

18. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii yoko tapa purachara

19. yoko tapa yoko tapa yatii yoko tapa dupura kapura

20. ma pondat

Linguist providing data and dateː Taken from ''Washikuk Grammar Sketch'' by Orneal Kooyes, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Papua New Guinea. 1974.

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Other comments: Kwoma or Washikuk has a digit-tally counting system with four basic numeralsː 1, 2, 3 and 4. The number words for 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'tapa'. The number words from 11 to 19 contains a 'foot' morpheme 'yatii'

and the word 'yoko' means 'to work' and 5 is thus 'to work one hand' . The number

word for 20 contain a 'man' morpheme 'ma'.

Note the following different transcriptions between phonemic and IPA transcriptions:

b= mb, d= nd, ch = č = tʃ, j = nj (nǰ) = ndʒ, sh = š = ʃ, g - ng = ŋ,

r = ř = ɾ, ny = ñ = ɲ, y = j, e = ɪ, ee = ɛ, ii = ɨ