Language
name and locationː Marik,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tekelei |
2. uru |
3. towo |
4. aiwadodo / aiwapenia |
5. ima tekelai ku fese-ya |
6. ima tekelei ɡeɡe tekelei ( 5 + 1 ) |
7. ima tekelei ɡeɡe uru ( 5 + 2 ) |
8. ima tekelei ɡeɡe towo ( 5 + 3 ) |
9. ima tekelei ɡeɡe aiwadodo ( 5 + 4) |
10. ima uru ( lit: 'hand two') |
20. ima uru ye uru (litː '' two hands and two feet of one man'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. George Elliott,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea.
October 15, 1997. |
Other comments: Dami or Marik or Ham has a traditional counting system up to twenty. However, they only keep traditional numbers from one to three now and use Tok Pisin numerals. Marik is an Austronesian language spoken by 3,500 people in 10 villages around the Gogol River, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. |
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