Language name and locationː Ngadjunmaya, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. kantula, kayanu / kutharra ( one, alone) |
2. kutarra / kutara/ or kutharra / kut̪aɹa/ |
3. waaril /waːɹil/ or warrul /warul/ |
4. manguru / maŋuɹu/ |
5. kutharraki kutharraki kayanu / kut̪araki kut̪araki kajanu/ ( 2 + 2 + 1 ) |
6. warruuwaruuku / waruːwaruːku/ ( 3 + 3 ) |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Miss Jessica Mathie (Senior Linguist, MA,
University of Queensland
), Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, South Hedland, WA,
Australia, October 1, 2012. |
Other comments: Traditionally, in Ngadjunmaya there were terms for one, two, three and four, five and six are represented by 'two+two+one' and 'three+ three' respectively. |
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