Language name and locationː Manam, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区马南语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省西部马南岛

 

1. teke / teʔe

21.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be teʔe

2. rua

22.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be rua

3. toli

23.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be toli

4. wati

24.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be wati

5. lima (litː 'hand'̠)

25.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be lima

6. lima teʔe ( 5 + 1 )

26.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be lima teʔe

7. lima rua  ( 5 + 2 )

27.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be lima rua

8. lima toli  ( 5 + 3 )

28.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be lima toli

9. lima wati ( 5 + 4 )

29.  ʔulemʷa rua a-be lima wati

10. ʔulemʷa

30.  ʔulemʷa toli

11. ʔulemʷa a-be teʔe

40.  ʔulemʷa wati, tamoata rua ("man two")

12. ʔulemʷa a-be rua

50.  ʔulemʷa lima

13. ʔulemʷa a-be toli

60.  ʔulemʷa lima teʔe, tamoata toli

14. ʔulemʷa a-be wati

70.  ʔulemʷa lima rua

15. ʔulemʷa a-be lima

80.  ʔulemʷa lima toli

16. ʔulemʷa a-be lima teʔe

90.  ʔulemʷa lima wati

17. ʔulemʷa a-be lima rua

100. tamoata lima ("man five")

18. ʔulemʷa a-be lima toli

200.

19. ʔulemʷa a-be lima wati

1000. tausen teʔe 

20. ʔulemʷa a-be rua, tamoata teʔe

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Frank Lichtenberk, Department of Linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand, May 29, 2006.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Frank Lichtenberk, 2006 年 5 月 29 日

 

Other comments: Manam has a quinary-vigesimal counting system. tamoata teʔe is
'one man' and tausen is a loanword from English. Manam is spoken by about 8,000 speakers mainly on the volcanic Manam Island, Madang province, northeast of New Guinea.


 

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