Language name and location: Mai Brat, Wset Papua, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区迈布拉特语, 印度尼西亚西巴布亚省鸟头半岛中部

 

1. sau (male) / saɪt (female)

21.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) sau

2. ewok

22.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) ewok

3. tuuf

23.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) tuuf

4. jiit

24.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) jiit

5. maat

25.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) maat

6. tamam  

26.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) tamam  

7. krema  (''krem''=finger)

27.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) krema

8. krentuuf 

28.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) krentuuf 

9. krenjiit  

29.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) krenjiit  

10. nsaa

30.  raa saɪt mhai (masin) nsaa

11. nsaa sau

40.  raa (mabo) ewok mhai (''men two die'')

12. nsaa ewok

50. 

13. nsaa tuuf

60.  raa (mabo) tuuf mhai (''men three die'')

14. nsaa jiit

70. 

15. nsaa maat

80.  raa (mabo) jiit mhai  (''men four die'')

16. nsaa tamam  

90. 

17. nsaa krema

100. raa (mabo) maat mhai (''men five die'')

18. nsaa krentuuf 

200. raa (mabo) nsaa mhai (''men ten die'')

19. nsaa krenjiit  

 

20. raa saɪt mhai (lit: ''man one die'')

 

  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. William U. Brown, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia, September 8, 1996

提供资的语言家: Mr. William U. Brown, 1996 年 9 月 8 日.

 

Other comments: Mai Brat has a counting system based on twenty. 20 is expressed by ''man one die''. There are two forms for number ''one'', one for male and other for female. Mai Brat is spoken by about 20,000 speakers in about 40 villages in central Bird’s Head, Ayamaru lakes area, West Papua province, Indonesia.

Note that traditional symbol 'j'=IPA [dʒ].


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