Language
name and locationː Magori,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ana / anaoni |
21. nanau buau ana |
2. buau |
22. nanau buau buau |
3. aiteri / aiseri (from Magi ?) |
23. nanau buau aiseri |
4. vati / vasi |
24. nanau buau vasi |
5. ima (lit: 'hand') |
25. nanau buau ima |
6. ima reria ana ( 5 + 1 ) |
26. nanau buau ima reria ana |
7. ima reia buau ( 5 + 2 ) |
27. nanau buau ima reria buau |
8. ima reria aiteri ( 5 + 3 ) |
28. nanau buau ima reria aiteri |
9. ima reria vati ( 5 + 4 ) |
29. nanau buau ima reria vasi |
10. nanau ana ('nanau' < Magi) |
30. nanau aiseri |
11. nanau ana ana |
40. nanau vasi |
12. nanau ana buau |
50. nanau ima |
13. nanau ana aiseri |
60. nanau ima reria ana |
14. nanau ana vasi |
70. nanau ima reria buau |
15. nanau ana ima |
80. nanau ima reria aiseri |
16. nanau ana ima reria ana |
90. nanau ima reria vasi |
17. nanau ana ima reria buau |
100. wuwuru ana ('wuwuru' < Magi) |
18. nanau ana ima reria aiseri |
200. wuwuru buau |
19. nanau ana ima reria vasi |
1000. wuwuru ima buau |
20. nanau buau |
2000. wuwuru ima vasi |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Tom E. Dutton, Department of
linguistics, The |
Other comments: Magori has a quinary counting system. Magori number words certainly do not appear to be typically Austronesian and has been strongly influenced by the Magi, a Papuan language. Numeral 5 is the word for 'hand', and the existence of a distinct numerals 10, 'nanau', conceivably borrowed from Magi. The numeral, 3, 'aiseri' may have been borrowed from Magi or one of the Mailuan family languages. Magori is an endangered Austronesian languages. Magori is a nearly extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea that has been strongly restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, perhaps Mailu, which the Magori people speak fluently today. The restructuring was so extensive that Magori's family was long in doubt; it was finally established by Dutton in 1976. Magi in turn borrowed large numbers of Austronesian words, either from Magori or its extinct Oumic relatives. |
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