Language
name and locationː Maiadomu,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tamoɣana |
2. kaiuɣa |
3. kaitonu |
4. pulina / fulina |
5. dimanina (litː 'one hand') |
6. dima tamoɣa ( 5+ 1) |
7. dima kailuɣa ( 5+ 2) |
8. dima kaitonu ( 5+ 3) |
9. dima pulina ( 5+ 4) |
10. ðauou tamoɣana (lit: 'one me') |
11. ðauou kaiuɣa |
12. ðauou kaitonu |
13. ðauou kaitonu |
14. ðauou pulina |
15. ðauou dimanina |
16. ðauou dima tamoɣa |
17. ðauou dima kailuɣa |
18. ðauou dima kaitonu |
19. ðauou dima pulina |
20. ðauou luɣa (lit: 'two me') |
30. ðauou tonu (lit: 'three me') |
40. ðauou pulina (lit: 'four me') |
50. ðauou dimania (lit: 'five me') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Karla Sligh Watt,
SIL International, Papua New Guinea.
January 22,
2005, June 19,
2011,
October 4,
2011.
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Other comments: Maiadomu has a traditional quinary counting system up to twenty. However, nowadays, the people only keep the traditional numbers from 1 to 5. After 5, they used English numbers with phonological adaptation. Note that the traditional number for five 'dimanina' means 'one hand' but for ten is 'yauou tamoqana' means 'one me' literally, which is interesting because I wouldn’t have thought that would have appeared until 20—using both hands and both feet—but that is what they gave me. Maiadomu is spoken by about 900 speakers on Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. |
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