Language name and locationː Nafi, Morobe, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区纳菲语 (西拉克语 Sirak), 巴新莫内比省莱城附近Banzain

 

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,
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: 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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