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

语言名称和分布地区: 穆瓦塞语, 巴布亚新几内亚海湾省奥马蒂河流域穆瓦塞村及附近地区

1. saka

2. hatai / hae

3. siri

4. siri-saka “three-one"

5. si-saha “hand-side”

6. si-saha remane saka “hand-side and one”

7. si-saha remane hatai “hand-side and two”

8. si-saha remane siri  “hand-side and three”

9. si-saha remane siri-saka  “hand-side and three-one”

10. si-saha hatai “hand-sides two” In practice the numbers from 4 on up are adaptations of English

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Robbie Petterson, SIL-PNG, Papua New Guinea., October 4, 2023

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Robbie Petterson, 2023 年 10 月 4 日.

Other comments: Mouwase or Mouwase Kaser is spoken by approximately 450 speakers live at some of the Mouwase villages, especially Omati, and this may have skewed population figures. Speakers are widely scattered in bush villages, hamlets and squatter settlements in Gulf province, Papua New Guinea.

Mouwase Kaser has these numbers:

1. saka

2. hatai/hae

3. siri

4. siri-saka “three-one"

5. si-saha “hand-side”

6. si-saha remane saka “hand-side and one”

7. si-saha remane hatai “hand-side and two”

8. si-saha remane siri  “hand-side and three”

9. si-saha remane siri-saka  “hand-side and three-one”

10. si-saha hatai “hand-sides two”

In practice the numbers from 4 on up are adaptations of English.