Language name and locationː Papapana, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区帕帕纳语, 巴布亚新几内亚布干维尔岛西南沿岸

 

1. naʔaria

21. nuau manoa naʔaria [toatoa]

2. nuata

22. nuau manoa nuata [toatoa]

3. tauono, taʊtɔnu, taʊtɔnɔ *

23. nuau manoa tauono [toatoa]

4. tauvasi

24. nuau manoa tauvasi [toatoa]

5. pepeitaunima  (litː ''one hand'')

25. nuau manoa pepeitaunima [toatoa] 

6. pepeitaunima naʔaria [toatoa] *

26. nuau manoa pep. naʔaria [toatoa]  

7. pepeitaunima nuata [toatoa]

27. nuau manoa pep. nuata [toatoa] 

8. pepeitaunima tautono [toatoa]

28. nuau manoa pep. tautono [toatoa] 

9. pepeitaunima tauvasi [toatoa]

29.  nuau manoa pep. tauvasi [toatoa] 

10. numanoa

30.  tauono manoa

11. numanoa naʔaria [toatoa] *

40.  tauvasi manoa

12. numanoa nuata [toatoa]

50.  pepeitaunima manoa

13. numanoa tauono [toatoa]

60.  pepeitaunima naʔaria manoa

14. numanoa tauvasi [toatoa]

70.  pepeitaunima nuata manoa

15. numanoa pepeitaunima [toatoa]

80.  pepeitaunima tautono manoa

16. numanoa pep. naʔaria [toatoa]

90.  pepeitaunima tauvasi manoa

17. numanoa pep. nuata [toatoa]

100. nuau pepeitaunima manoa  *

18. numanoa pep. tauono [toatoa]

150. tautoi pepeitaunima manoa

19. numanoa pep. tauvasi [toatoa]

1000. manomanoana 

20. nuau manoa *

2000. nuata manomanoana

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ellen Smith-Dennis, Centre for Applied Linguistics, The University of Warwick, U.K., June 15, 2019.
Reference: Smith-Dennis, Ellen. (2020). A Grammar of Papapana: an Oceanic language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. Click link
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ellen Smith-Dennis, 2019 年 6 月 15 日

 

Other comments: Papapana has a counting system based on five (quinary system) although Tok Pisin cardinal numerals are frequently borrowed.
Notes:
   1. Number three, there is variably pronounced as /taʊtɔnu /and /taʊtɔnɔ /
   2. Number six, literal translation as "five one [on top of]
   3. Number eleven, literal translation as "ten one [on top of]
   4. Number twenty, literal translation as "two tens''
   5. Number hundred, literal translation as "two five-tens''

Papapana is spoken by 110 speakers (Smith 2015). Ethnic population: 510 (Smith 2015), in northeast coast, Bougainville province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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