Language
name and locationː
Pano,
Morobe, Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tɑloko / tɑlo |
1. tɑnɑko * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
2. ruɑ |
3. tol |
3. tonu * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
4. paŋe |
4. tɑnɑnu * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
5. bajer ta |
5. bɑɡerdɑ */ bɑɡerɑtɑ * < Pete Lincoln 1976) (lit: 'ba' = hand') |
6. bɑɡerdɑ tɑkes */ bɑɡerɑtɑ tɑkes * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
7. bɑɡerdɑ rukes */ bɑɡerɑtɑ rukes * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
8. bɑɡerdɑ tulkes * / bɑɡerɑtɑ tunkis * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
9. bɑɡerdɑ pɑŋkes * / bɑɡerɑtɑ tɑntɑnukes * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
10. bɑrer ruɑ (lit: 'hands two') |
10. baer ruɑ */ bɑɡerɑ ruɑ * < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
11. above 10 use Tok Pisn |
11. bɑer or bɑɡerɑ ruɑ takes <Pete Lincoln 1976) |
12. bɑer or bɑɡerɑ ruɑ rukes < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
20. korɑptɑ < Pete Lincoln 1976) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Scot F. Stober through Mr. Ray
Stegeman,
|
Other comments: Pano or Malasanga has a system with basic numeral set (1, 2, 3, 4). However, people only keep the traditional numerals from 1 to 5, and 10 now, after ten, they use Tok Pisin. There are two variants given by Pete Lincoln (1976) and Geoff Smith (1984), data from Lincoln (1976) the words for 6 to 9 contain a 'hand' morpheme 'ba-', and the meaning of the suffix '-kes' being uncertain. The word for 20 'korap' means 'man', 'korapta' thus meaning 'man one'. Malasanga is spoken by about 900 individuals in two villages on the north coast of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. |
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