Language name and locationː Piu, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
 语言名称和分布地区: 皮乌语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省中部内陆地区皮乌村

 

1. tika

2. lu

3. yan

4. ndalu / lutalu / luntalu (litː ''2 + 2'') 

5. vate (litː ''hand one'' ?)

6. serkati

7. serkalu

8. sakayal

9. sakavei

10. vanɡɡilu / serkavate (litː ''hands both" ?)

11. vanɡɡilu da serkati

12. vanɡɡilu da serkalu 

13. vanɡɡilu da sakayal

14. vanɡɡilu da sakavei

15. vanɡɡilu da vate 

16. vanɡɡilu vanɡɡavatei ti

20. mepie, yuka ti (litː ''person one'')   

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, December 12, 1988.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: Piu has a counting system up to twenty with three words as numerals. Piu is spoken by approximately 100 speakers in one single village in the upper Watut river area of Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. 

 

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