Language name and locationː Maisin, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区迈辛语, 巴布亚新几亚奥罗省

 

1. sese / sesei

21.  21 to 29 in the same pattern as 11 to 19

2. sandei

22. 

3. sinati

23. 

4. fusese

24. 

5. faketi tarosi

25. 

6. faketi tarosi taure sese

26. 

7. faketi tarosi taure sandei

27. 

8. faketi tarosi taure sinati

28. 

9. faketi tarosi taure fusese

29. 

10. faketi tau tau (lit: both hands'')

30.  tamati seseina tamati itere faketi tau tau

11. faketi tautau euki kete sese

40.  tamati sandei (lit: “two men”)

12. faketi tautau euki kete sandei

50.  tamati sandei tamati itere faketi tau tau

13. faketi tautau euki kete sinati

60.  tamati sinati (lit: “three men”)

14. faketi tautau euki kete fusese

70.  tamati sinati tamati itere faketi tau tau

15. faketi tautau euki kete faketi tarosi

80.  tamati fusese (lit: “four men”)

16. faketi tautau euki kete 6

90.  tamati fusese tamati itere faketi tau tau

17. faketi tautau euki kete 7

100. tamati faketi tarosi (lit: “five men”)

18. faketi tautau euki kete 8

 

19. faketi tautau euki kete  9

 

20. tamati sese (lit: ''one man'') *

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Joanna Frampton and Ms. Marisa McHenry, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 27, 2011.
供资料的语言学家: Ms. Joanna Frampton and Ms. Marisa McHenry. 2011 年 3 月

27 日.

 

Other comments: Maisin or Maisan has a traditional counting system base on five. Number five means literally ''our (inc) hand on one side'', ten means ''both hands''. Thirty is expressed literally by ''one man, both hands on another man''. However, contemporary Maisin speakers use English terms for all numbers above five. Maisin is spoken by about 2,600 speakers Maisin people of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Maisin is a language of Papua New Guinea with both Austronesian and Papuan features. The Austronesian elements are those of the Nuclear Papuan Tip languages. 


 

Back >> [ Home>> [ Austronesian ] >> [ Western Austronesian ] >> [ Central Austronesian ]  >> [ Eastern Austronesian ]