Language name and location: Pouye, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区波耶语, 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省中部内陆地区

 

1. towa

21. ramɨtow towa towa

2. jikɨr

22. ramɨtow towa jikɨr

3. armuk

23. ramɨtow towa armuk

4. arkonajwa

24. ramɨtow towa arkonajwa

5. jilɨtoua   (1 hand)

25. ramɨtow towa jilɨtoua

6. jilɨkalmaw   (1 hand+thumb)

26. ramɨtow towa jilɨkalmaw

7. jilɨkalikɨr    (1 hand+2)

27. ramɨtow towa jilɨkalikɨr

8. jilɨkalarmuk   (1 hand+3)

28. ramɨtow towa jilɨkalarmuk

9. jilɨkarko   (1 hand+4)

29. ramɨtow towa jilɨkarko

10. jilikɨr    (2 hands)

30. ramɨtow towa jilikɨrwa

11. jilikɨrwa towa (2 hands+1)

40. ramɨtow  jikɨrwa   (2 people)

12. jilikɨrwa jikɨr  (2 hands+2)

50. ramɨtow  jikɨr jilikɨrwa

13. jilikɨrwa armuk (2 hands+3)

60. ramɨtoarmuk  (3 people)

14. jilikɨrwa arkonajwa (2 hands+4)

70. ramɨtoarmuk jilikɨrwa  

15. jilikɨrwa lalɨtowa  (2 hands, 1 foot)

80. ramɨtow arkonajwa  (4 people)

16. jilikɨrwa lalɨkalmaw *

90. ramɨtow arkonajwa jilikɨrwa    

17. jilikɨrwa lalɨkalikɨr *

100. ramɨtow  jilɨtow(5 people)

18. jilikɨrwa lalɨkalarmuk

200. ramɨtow  jilikɨr  (10 people)

19. jilikɨrwa lalɨkarko

 

20. ramɨtow towa  (1 person)

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Wendy Dede through Ms. Hannah Cockerill, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, April 21, 2008. 

提供资的语言家: Ms. Wendy Dede, 2008 年 4 月 21 日.

 

Other comments: Pouye is spoken by approximately 1,000 speakers in Lumi, East and West Wapei districts, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. Pouye has a quinary-vigesimal counting system. 16 is expressed by 16. jilikɨrwa lalɨkalma(2 hands, 1 foot,1 big toe), and 17 is  jilikɨrwa lalɨkalikɨr  (2 hands, 1 foot,+2).


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