Language
name and locationː
Pamosu,
Madang Province, PNG
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tuku |
21. ten iloβ ise tuku |
2. iloβ |
22. ten iloβ ise iloβ |
3. iloβ otuku (2+1) |
23. ten iloβ ise iloβ otuku |
4. iloβ iloβ (2+2) |
24. ten iloβ ise iloβ iloβ |
5. iloβ iloβ otuku (2+2+1) |
25. ten iloβ ise iloβ iloβ otuku |
6. iloβ iloβ iloβ (2+2+2) |
26. ten iloβ ise iloβ iloβ iloβ |
7. iloβ iloβ iloβ otuku |
27. ten iloβ ise iloβ iloβ iloβ otuku |
8. iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ |
28. ten iloβ ise iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ |
9. iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ otuku |
29. ten iloβ ise iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ otuku |
10. iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ iloβ * |
30. ten tri |
11. apemosu hev apemosu heve ise tuku |
40. ten fo |
12. apemosu hev ap. heve ise tuku loβi |
50. ten faiv |
13. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +3 |
60. ten siks |
14. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +4 |
70. ten seven |
15. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +5 |
80. ten eit |
16. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +6 |
90. ten nain |
17. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +7 |
100. nakenav / apemosu |
18. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +8 |
200. nakenav iloβ / apemosu iloβ |
19. apemosu hev ap. heve ise t. +9 |
1000. wan taosen |
20. apemosu hev ehev * |
2000. tu taosen |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Liaw Yong Lam through Miss Joyce
Wood,
|
Other comments: Pamosu is spoken by approximately 1,800 speakers in north central, Adelbert Range, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. Pamosu has a binary counting system. They also used Top Pisin after ten as 11 'ten wan', 12 'ten tu', 13 'ten tri', 14 'ten fo', 15 'ten faiv', 16 'ten siks', 17 'ten seven', 18 'ten eit', 19 'ten nain' and 20 'ten iloβ' and there is another word for 20 'anemosu hev ehev'. The tens and thousands' are also Toki Pisin. |
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