Language name and locationː Maring, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马陵语, 巴布亚新几内亚西高地省东北部和马当省境内

1. ranguai ~ rangwa

2. ro'mai

3. ro'mai rik

4. ro'maik ro'maik 

5. ag kalase  ~  angk kalatse ('hand one')

6. ag kalase pola kalase mai wai ri

8. ag kalase pola kalase romai-k ri-k

10. ag kala kala pola ~ angk kala kala pola ('hand one one all')

11. ag kala kala pola kui meng mai wai ri

15. ag kala kala pola kui meng kalase

20. kui ag ag meedi pola ('foot hand hand these all')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Sourceː Glendon A. Lean. Counting systems of Papua New Guinea, volume 9, Western Highlands and Simbu Provinces. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Sources:  

A. IMP/SIL (1978).
B. SIL Word List (1975). Village: Kompiai.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Glen A. Lean, 1991 年.    

Other comments: Maring is spoken by about 7,300 speakers in a region located in the north-east of the Western Highlands Province and which extends over the Bismarck Range into the Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

An IMP/SIL questionnaire was completed by SIL personnel in 1978. We addition, some data which derive from an SIL word list compiled at Kompiai 1975.

The Maring system is a digit-tally one with a (2, 5, 20) cyclic pattern. The basic numeral set is (1, 2) and the numerals 3 and 4 have the constructions '2+1' respectively. The number words for 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morp ('angk'). The gloss for 10 is 'hand one one all' ('kalase' or 'kala' is 'one combination). The number words for 15 and 20 contain in addition to morpheme, a 'foot' morpheme 'kui'. The gloss for 20 is 'foot hand hand these all'.