Language
name and locationː Ponam,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. si |
21. luŋoɸ ne si * |
2. luwoɸ |
22. luŋoɸ ne luwoɸ |
3. taloɸ |
23. luŋoɸ ne taloɸ |
4. ɸaɸ |
24. luŋoɸ ne ɸaɸ |
5. limeɸ (lit: 'hand') |
25. luŋoɸ ne limeɸ |
6. wonoɸ |
26. luŋoɸ ne wonoɸ |
7. ʔahataloɸ (10 - 3) |
27. luŋoɸ ne ʔahataloɸ |
8. ʔahaluwoɸ (10 - 2) |
28. luŋoɸ ne ahaluwoɸ |
9. ʔahase (10 - 1) |
29. luŋoɸ ne ʔahase |
10. saŋuɸ |
30. tuluŋoɸ |
11. saŋuɸ ne si |
40. ɸaŋuɸ |
12. saŋuɸ ne luwoɸ |
50. limeŋuɸ |
13. saŋuɸ ne taloɸ |
60. wonoŋuɸ |
14. saŋuɸ ne ɸaɸ |
70. ʔahataloŋuɸ |
15. saŋuɸ ne limeɸ |
80. ʔahaluwoŋuɸ |
16. saŋuɸ ne wonoɸ |
90. ʔahaseŋuɸ |
17. saŋuɸ ne ʔahataloɸ |
100. pwen si |
18. saŋuɸ ne ahaluwoɸ |
200. pwen luwoɸ (? consultant unsure) |
19. saŋuɸ ne ʔahase |
1000. sapau * |
20. luŋoɸ |
|
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jessica Cleary-Kemp, Department of
Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley, USA. 7 December,
2010. |
Other comments: Ponam
has a typical "Manus type" Austronesian language decimal counting
system with special structure for numerals 6 to 9. It seems the number 6
is a loanword
from Polynesian language. The numbers 21 to 29 and 1000 are taken from |
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