Language name and locationː Nafi,
Morobe, Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. arus / aruh |
2. siruʔ |
3. siruʔ a wen (litː ''2 + 1") |
4. siruʔ inɡɡe siruʔ inɡɡe, siruʔ de siruʔ (litː ''2 + 2'') |
5. bai-ŋi lafen (litː ''one hand'' ) |
6. bai-ŋi lafen arus |
7. bai-ŋi lafen |
8. bai-ŋi lafen |
9. bai-ŋi lafen |
10. bai-ŋi siruʔ [litː ''completed (two hands)''] |
11. bai-ŋi siruʔ arus |
12. bai-ŋi siruʔ siruʔ |
13. bai-ŋi siruʔ siruʔ a wen |
14. bai-ŋi siruʔ siruʔ inɡɡe siruʔ inɡɡe |
15. bai-ŋi siruʔ bunzu-ŋ arus |
16. bai-ŋi siruʔ bunzu-ŋ arus arus |
17. bai-ŋi siruʔ bunzu-ŋ arus siruʔ |
18. bai-ŋi siruʔ bunzu-ŋ arus siruʔ a wen |
19. bai-ŋi siruʔ bunzu-ŋ arus siruʔ inɡɡe siruʔ inɡɡe |
20. bai-ŋi siruʔ bunzu-ŋ arus (litː ''hands and feet finished'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: Nafi or Sirak has a counting system combines the counting system based on two with tallying on hand and feet to twenty. Nafi, also known as Sirak, is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Nafi is an endangered language spoken by about 200 speakers in the single village of Nambom (also known as Banzain village) in Gamiki ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG in Morobe province. Ethnic Nafi people living in Popof village have since switched to speaking Nakama, a Trans-New Guinea language. Intermarriages frequently occur between the two villages. |
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