Language name and location: Nunggubuyu, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]
|
1. aynjaabuɡij |
2. wulawaa |
3. wulaynbaj |
4. wulal-wulal ( 2 + 2 ) |
5. maraŋ-aynjaabuɡij (litː ''one hand'' ) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Michael Hore,
Summer
Institute of Linguistics, Australian Aboriginal and Islander Branch, Australia,
April 10, 2012. |
Other comments: Nunggubuyu has a three words for numbers. marang-aynjaabugij means ''one hand''. For higher numbers, they just put these ones together, e.g. ''marang-aynjaabugij marang-aynjaabugij wulal-wulal'' would be fourteen. |
Language name and location: Nunggubuyu, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]
|
1. anʸjaːbuɡij |
2. wula |
3. wulanʸbai ( 2 + 1 ) |
4. wulawula ( 2 + 2 ) |
words for 'many'
include warawindi, dhaːlun, gamuyu, gamuyumuyu, ganʸjagan, gur̠ir̠igur̠iri, & gar̠nʸirimba. |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Jeffrey Heath. Department of Linguistics,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. May
8,
2007. |
Other comments: Nunggubuyu basically started with 'one' and 'two' and developed further numerals with phrases ('three'='two-other', etc,) under the influence (19th century) of Makassar (Indonesian) trepan hunters who did a little trading on the coast. |
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