Language name and location: Meriam Mir, QSL state, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区梅里安-米尔语, 澳大利亚昆士兰州北部托雷斯海峡群岛达恩利岛

 

1. netat

2. neis

3. neis a netat (literallyː 2 and 1)

4. netat a netat (literallyː 2 and 2) (but I've never actually heard anyone using this)

 a few / someː neis.neis.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Nick Piper, The Cairns Institute Research in Tropical Societies, James Cook University, Smithfield, Queensland, Australia, May 17, 2018.

提供资的语言: Dr. Nick Piper, 2018 年 5 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Meriam Mir is a language spoken by about 220 speakers in the eastern Torres Strait, the stretch of sea between Australia and Papua New Guinea.  There are only two words as numbers in this language.


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