Language name and locationː Mwatebu, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区姆瓦特布语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省诺曼比岛

 

1. ʔaiɡeda

2. ʔeluwa

3. ʔetoi

4. powa < English 'four'

5. nima (lit: 'hand')

6. sikis < English 'six'

7. seben < English 'seven'

8. eiti < English 'eight'

9. naen < English 'nine'

10. nima ʔeluwa (lit: 'hands two')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Lithgow, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 10, 1991.
提供资的语言家: Dr. David Lithgow. 1991 年 3 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Mwatebu has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 may still be used frequently now. Mwatebu is an endangered language spoken by about 120 speakers on Normanby island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea. 


 

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