Language
name and locationː Patep,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ti |
2. yuu |
3. yɔn |
4. yuu ndə yuu (litː 'two and two') |
5. βəŋɡe βəlu (litː 'hand half') |
6. βəŋɡe βəlu ndə sɛʔ ti (litː 'hands half and across over to one') |
7. βəŋɡe βəlu ndə sɛʔ yuu |
8. βəŋɡe βəlu ndə sɛʔ yɔn |
9. βəŋɡe βəlu ndə sɛʔ yuu ndə yuu |
10. βəŋɡe yuu ( litː 'hands two') |
11. βəŋɡe yuu ndə to mə la ti (litː 'hands two and fall and go to one') |
12. βəŋɡe yuu ndə to mə la yuu |
13. βəŋɡe yuu ndə to mə la yɔn |
14. βəŋɡe yuu ndə to mə la yuu ndə yuu |
15. βəŋɡe yuu ndə βəɣa βəlu ( litː 'hands two and feet half') |
16. βəŋɡe yuu ndə βəɣa βəlu ndə sɛʔ ti |
17. βəŋɡe yuu ndə βəɣa βəlu ndə sɛʔ yuu |
18. βəŋɡe yuu ndə βəɣa βəlu ndə sɛʔ yɔn |
19. βəŋɡe yuu ndə βəɣa βəlu ndə sɛʔ yuu ndə yuu |
20. kɛhɛ ti (litː 'one unit'), 40. kɛhɛ yuu (litː 'two units'), 60. kɛhɛ yɔn |
80. kɛhɛ yɔn, 100. kɛhɛ βəŋɡe βəlu |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Linda Vissering,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea. January
5, 2005. |
Other comments: Patap has a digit-tally system with a basic numeral set (1, 2, 3) and 4 has the construction ' 2 and 2' and the word for 20 is 'one unit', where 'kɛhɛ' is ː base', score, foundation. When I was did the fieldwork in 1985, the traditional numerals 1 to 5 were still used, 10 and 20 were occasionally used. 11 to 19 were seldom used. However, people still remembered their traditional counting then. Patap is spoken by about 1,700 speakers in Mumeng district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. |
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