Language name and locationː Muyuw, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区穆尤语, 巴布亚新几内亚米内湾省伍德拉克岛及附近岛屿

 

1. -tan

2. -iyu

3. -toun

4. -vas

5. -nim  (lit: 'hand')

6. -nim -tan ( 5+1 )

7. -nim -yu  ( 5+2 )

10. kasila tan

11. kasila -tan

15. kasila- tan -nim

20. kasle-i

30. kasle-toun

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Malcolm Ross, Department of Linguistics,
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. February 4, 2021.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Malcolm Ross, 2021 年 2 月 4 .

 

Other commentsː Muyuw has a quinary system similar to that of the Kilivila language. Note that where a hyphen is given in front of a numeral, this means that the numeral is suffixed to a classifier and cannot occur without it. Muyuw is spoken by about 4,000 speakers in Losuia district, Woodlark island, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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