Language name and locationː Lamogai, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区, 巴布亚新几亚新不列颠岛西部陆地

 

1. isa

21.  soŋotno akap e isa la klou 

2. akap

22.  soŋotno akap e akap la klou

3. itlu

23.  soŋotno akap e itlu la klou

4. apanal

24.  soŋotno akap e apanal la klou

5. elme (lit: 'hand')

25.  soŋotno akap e elme la klou

6. elme isa    ( 5 + 1 )

26.  soŋotno akap e elme isa la klou

7. elme akap ( 5 + 2 )

27.  soŋotno akap e elme akap la klou  

8. elme itlu   ( 5 + 3 )

28.  soŋotno akap e elme itlu la klou

9. elme apanal ( 5 + 4 )

29.  soŋotno akap e elme apanal la klou 

10. soŋotno

30.  soŋotno itlu

11. soŋotno e isa la klou *

40.  soŋotno apanal

12. soŋotno e akap la klou

50.  soŋotno elme

13. soŋotno e itlu la klou

60.  soŋotno elme isa

14. soŋotno e apanal la klou

70.  soŋotno elme akap

15. soŋotno e elme la klou

80.  soŋotno elme itlu

16. soŋotno e elme isa la klou

90.  soŋotno elme apanal

17. soŋotno e elme akap la klou

100. vunoruo isa

18. soŋotno e elme itlu la klou

200. vunoruo akap

19. soŋotno e elme apanal la klou 

1000. van tausen *

20. soŋotno akap

2000. tu tausen

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. David Brunn, New Tribes Mission, April 26, 1998, August 14, 2011.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. David Brunn, 1998 年 8 月 26 日, 2011 年 8 月 14 日.

 

Other comments: Lamogai has a quinary system of counting. The phrase ''e isa la klou''

literally means ''and one going over the top'. There is loanword for 'thousand' from English or Pidgin. Lamogai is spoken by about 6,000 speakers in northwest interior of
West New Britain province, Papua New Guinea.

Lamogai Phonetic Chart:

Consonants:

 

Bilabial

 Dental

Alveolar

Alveo

palatal

Palatal

Uvular

Stop

p,  b, ᵐb

   d

    c

 

q, ɢ

Nasal

   m

 

   n

    

   ŋ

  ɴ

Fricative

  β

 

  s

    ʆ

 

χ, ʁ

Lateral

 

 

  l

 

 

 

Trill

 

 

  r

 

 j

 

Approximant

   w

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Vowelsː

 

Front

Central

Back

Close

    i, ɪ

 

   ʊ, u

Close-mid

    e

 

    o

Open-mid

    ɛ

    

 

Open

 

     ɑ

 

 

Note that [ɪ] and [ʊ] are near close vowels. 


 

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