Language name and locationː Musom, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区穆索姆语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省内陆地区

 

1. munuts

2. siruk

3. siruk da wen ( 2 + definite singular article ) 

4. siruk da siruk ( 2 + 2 ) 

5. bai-ŋ rehen ( litː one hand )

6. bai-ŋ rehen a rus ka i-kun rehen munuts
  ( litː 'one hand althogether and take one from the other side')

7. bai-ŋ rehen a rus ka i-kun rehen siruk

8. bai-ŋ rehen a rus ka i-kun rehen siruk da wen

9. i damana maʔana ʔau maʔana ʔau i ʔewadi ( litː 'goes across, take four' )

10. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ( gi-i-sa munuts ) [ litː 'two hands together (become one)'] 

11. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-kun rehen munuts
12. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-kun rehen siruk
13. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-kun rehen siruk da wen
14. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-kun rehen siruk da siruk
15. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-ku ho-ŋ rehen
    [litː 'two hands together and take one foot (to the) side']
16. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-ku ho-ŋ rehen munuts 
17. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-ku ho-ŋ rehen siruk
18. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-ku ho-ŋ rehen siruk da wen  
19. bai-ŋ siruk a rus ka i-ku ho-ŋ rehen siruk da siruk
20. ho-ŋ siruk bai-ŋ siruk (litː 'two feet and two hands')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of Linguistics,
The Australian National University. Canberra, Australia. October 21, 1998.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. 1998 年 10 月 21 日.

 

Other comments: Musom has a counting system combines a counting system based on two with tallying on hand and feet. The other name for Musom is Misatik, given by the older generations because this was the name of the village that the ancestors settled on. Musom is currently an endangered language with lesser than 200 speakers due to the fact that native Musom speakers are continuing to marry other language speakers.  Musom is also endangered because of its change in grammar and vocabulary due to its bi- and multilingualism. In the Musom village, other languages that Musom speakers may speak are Aribwuang and Duwet.[In the Gwabadik village, because of intermarriages other languages that Musom speakers may speak are Nabak and Mesem.


 

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