Language name and locationː Nukeria, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区努科里亚语 (努库里亚语 Nukuria), 巴布亚新几内亚布干维尔岛北部之努库里亚环礁

 

1. tasi ~ tahi, hokotahi, sivo, hehua

21. tipu rua maː tahi

2. rua, hiaoa

22. tipu rua maː rua

3. toru

23. tipu rua maː toru

4. haː

24. tipu rua maː haː

5. rima

25. tipu rua maː rima

6. ono

26. tipu rua maː ono

7. hitu

27. tipu rua maː hitu

8. varu

28. tipu rua maː varu

9. siva ~ sivo

29. tipu rua maː siva

10. hanahuru

30. tipu toru

11. hanahuru maː tahi

40. tipu haː

12. hanahuru maː lua

50. tipu rima

13. hanahuru maː toru

60. tipu ono

14. hanahuru maː haː

70. tipu hitu

15. hanahuru maː rima

80. tipu varu

16. hanahuru maː ono

90. tipu siva

17. hanahuru maː hitu

100. rau

18. hanahuru maː varu

200. tipu te rau

19. hanahuru maː siva

1000. himata

20. tipu rua

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Albert Davletsin, Research Fellow, Institute for Oriental Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia. June 2, 2015.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Albert Davletsin, 2015 年 6 月 2 日

 

Other comments: Nukuria or Nukeria has a decimal system similar to that of Takuu. Nukeria makes use of elaborated counting systems for counting 'coconuts, fish, money, etc.' similar to those of Takuu, Mangarevan, etc. A note I use the name Nukeria, because people who speak the language call themselves like this. Nukeria is its name in the so-called "trade language". Nukeria is an endangred language spoken only by 500 speakers (Davletshin 2017). 170 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 500 (Davletshin 2017) in Atolls district, north of Bougainville island, Nukuria atoll and Puhuria island; Buka island, Bougainville province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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