Language
name and location:
Marangis,
Papua
New
Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue ] |
1. kaku |
2. mboini |
3. ɡiramot |
4. paurah |
5. rapauŋ |
10. par ni |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of
Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua
New Guinea, 1991. |
Other comments: Marangis or Watam is spoken by approximately 700 speakers in two villages (Laycock, 1973, p.41), Watam, situated just to the south of the mouth of the Sepik River, and Marangis, situated somewhat to the south Just over the border of the Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. The Watam word for 'hand' (or 'arm') is 'par' and this appears in the number for 10. It is not, however, apparent in the number word for 5, 'rapun' (rapaung'). It seems likely, nevertheless, that the Watam system is a digit-tally one with at least five basic numerals. New data needed to compare with the old one. |
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