Language
name and location: Momu (Fas), Papua New Guinea [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. fasni |
2. nəʙəm |
3. nəʙə(m) əf |
4. nəʙəm nəʙəm |
5. nəʙəm nəʙə(m) əf |
6. nəʙəm nəʙəm nəʙəm |
7. nəʙəm nəʙəm nəʙəm əf |
8. nəʙəm nəʙəm nəʙəm nəʙəm |
9. and so on... |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Tom Honeyman, Department of
Linguistics,
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 14 April, |
Other comments: Momu or Fas has a binary counting system. Note that the [ʙ] is a bilabial trill, in free variation with [β] the bilabial fricative. ə is a schwa. |
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