Language name and locationː Maleu-Kilenge, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区马卢-基伦格语, 巴布亚新几内亚西新不列颠省西北沿岸

 

1. tea / tia

21. tamta tea tea

2. lua

22. tamta tea lua

3. tol

23. tamta tea tol

4. paŋe

24. tamta tea paŋe

5. masa  (lit: ''hand one?'')

25. tamta tea masa

6. masa me tea   ( 5 + 1 )

26. tamta tea masa me tea

7. masa me lua   ( 5 + 2 )

27. tamta tea masa me lua

8. masa me tol    ( 5 + 3 )

28. tamta tea masa me tol

9. masa me paŋe ( 5 + 4 )

29. tamta tea masa me paŋe

10. saŋaul

30. tamta tea saŋaul

11. saŋaul tea

40. tamta lua ( 20 x 2 )

12. saŋaul lua

50. tamta lua saŋaul

13. saŋaul tol

60. tamta tol  ( 20 x 3 )

14. saŋaul paŋe

70. tamta tol saŋaul

15. saŋaul masa

80. tamta paŋe  ( 20 x 4 )

16. saŋaul masa me tea

90. tamta paŋe saŋaul

17. saŋaul masa me lua

100. tamta masa ( 20 x 5 )

18. saŋaul masa me tol

200. tamta saŋaul ( 20 x 10 )

19. saŋaul masa me paŋe

1000. vuno

20. tamta tea (lit: ''one person'')

2000. vuno lua

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Rick Goulden, Department of Anthropology, Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C., Canada, November 10, 1997.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Rick Goulden, 1997 年 11 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Maleu-Kilenge has a quinary-vigesimal counting system. Maleu-Kilenge, is an Austronesian language spoken by several thousand swidden farmers in the Talasea District of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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