Language name and locationː Molima, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区莫利马语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省当特尔卡斯托群岛

 

1. ʔaideɡana / ʔaideɡina / ʔaiɡedana

2. lua / maɡilafuna

3. toi

4. foa < Tok Pisin

5. nima (litː 'hand') 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Helena Engkvist, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. January 17, 2005. 
提供资的语言家: Ms. Helena Engkvist, 2005 年 1 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Molima has a traditional quinary counting system up to twenty. However, nowadays, the people only keep the traditional numbers from 1 to 3. After 3, they used English numbers with phonological adaptation. Molima is spoken by about 4,000 speakers in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea.


 

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