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