Language name and locationː Lawunuia, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区乌努亚语 (皮瓦语 Piva), 巴新几内亚布干维尔岛西南部地区

 

1. kadaken

2. tonua

3. dapisa

4. evatsi

5. niima (litː ''one hand'')

6. ebena (litː 'bena' = across' )

7. bena tonua (litː 'across plus one' )

8. bena topisa (litː 'across plus two' )

9. sia

10. manoɣa

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Piet Lincoln. Department of linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA, November 11, 2004.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Piet Lincoln, 2004 年 11 月 11 日.

 

Other comments: Lawunuia or Piva may have a counting system similar to that of Banoni. New data for higher numbers after ten needed. Lawunuia is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in Piva river district, southwest of Bougainville province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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