Language name and locationː Mari,
Madang, Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. basinta / bitsinta |
2. hirukaŋkua |
3. hirukaŋkua-bisinta (litː ''2 + 1") |
4. hirukaŋkua hirukaŋkua (litː ''2 + 2'') |
5. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an (litː ''his hand'') |
6. banki-an hain ka bisinta |
7. banki-an hain ka hirukaŋkua |
8. banki-an hain ka hirukaŋkua ka bisinta |
9. banki-an hain ka hirukaŋkua ka hirukaŋkua |
10. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain (litː ''his hands some") |
11. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka bisinta |
12. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka hirukaŋkua |
13. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka hirukaŋkua ka bisinta |
14. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka hirukaŋkua ka hirukaŋkua |
15. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka wat haɡ-an hain
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16. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka wat haɡ-an hain ka bisinta |
17. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka wat haɡ-an hain ka hirukaŋkua |
18. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka wat haɡ-an hain ka hirukaŋkua ka bisinta |
19. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an hahain ka wat haɡ-an hain ka hirukaŋkua ka hirukaŋkua |
20. ɡi-zuɡub banki-an wat haɡ-an hirukaŋkua (litː ''his hands and his feet two'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: Mari or Hop has a counting system combines the counting system based on two with tallying on hands and feet to twenty. Mari /Hop is spoken by about 800 speakers in the four villages of Bumbu, Bubirumpun, Musuam, and Sangkiang in Usino Rural LLG of the Ramu valley, in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. |
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