Language name and locationː Moresada, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区莫勒萨达语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

 

1. mindjak

2. airai

3. ka:rop

4. rambam

5. iɡur

6. upor mindjak

7. upor airai

8. upor ka:rop

9. upor rambam

10. upor iɡur

 

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 15, Madang Province Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Glen A. Lean, 1991 年.

 

Other comments: Moresada is spoken in a single village (Z'graggen, 1975) situated 25 kilometers due south of Bogia, Madang Province. Arthur Capell (1951/52 ) survey of the languages of the Bogia district recorded the above data. Several of the Moresada numerals (3, 4, 5) are similar to those found in the languages pf the Kaukombaran family (e.g. Pay (Mala), Saki (Maia), Tani (Maiani). The system possesses a 5-cycle and the basic numeral set appears to be (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The word for 'arm' according to Z'graggen (1980) is '-gombogen' (Capell has 'gonbugan' and the word for 'thumb' is 'imbubor', neither of these appears in the numbers word for 5 and thus it is not certain whether this has a body-part referent ( a similar uncertainty exists for Pay, Saki, and Tani). New data needed to compare with the old one.


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