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Language
name and locationː
Labu, Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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1. tuɡwatu |
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2. salu |
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3. sidi |
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4. suha |
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5. maipi (lit: 'hand a half ') |
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6. maipi anendi tuɡwatu ( 5 + 1 ) |
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7. maipi anendi salu ( 5 + 2 ) |
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8. maipi anendi sidi ( 5 + 3 ) |
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9. maipi anendi suha ( 5 + 4 ) |
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10. numusu (lit: 'hands two'?) |
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11. numusu anendi tuɡwatu |
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12. numusu anendi salu |
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13. numusu anendi sidi |
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14. numusu anendi suha |
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15. numusu anendi maipi |
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16. numusu anendi maipi anendi tuɡwatu |
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17. numusu anendi maipi anendi salu |
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18. numusu anendi maipi anendi sidi |
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19. numusu anendi maipi anendi suhu |
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20. asamuni (lit: 'whole-one', 'samô'=whole, 'ànì'=one) |
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30. asamuni numusu |
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40. asamu salu (itː 'two person') |
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60. asamu salu (litː 'three person') |
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Linguist providing
data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, The University of Technology, Lae,
Papua New
Guinea, December 12, 1988. |
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Other comments: Labu has a quinary counting system. maipi mean ''hand a half''. Labu is spoken by 1,600 people in three older villages and one new one across the Markham River from Lae in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The three older villages are Labubutu (locally known as Dusuku), Labumeti (Ehalo) and Labutali (Kakala) in Wampar Rural LLG. |
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