Language name and location: Purari, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. monoʔu (I'ai dialect )/ monoʔu (Koriki dialect) |
2. reʔao (I'ai dialect ) / reʔako (Koriki dialect) / reʔereʔe (Kaimare dialect) |
3. iʔairi ("three") (I'ai dialect ) / kaupu ("small group") (Koriki dialect) |
4. reʔao mo reʔao (I'ai dialect ) / reʔako mo reʔako (2+2) (Koriki dialect) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Robert Petterson,
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Robert Petterson. 2017 年 12 月 4 日. |
Other comments: Purari is spoken by about 7,000 speakers in Purari River delta, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. The above data is taken from I'ai / Koriki dialects but Kaimare dialect has reʔereʔe for "two". Note that kaupu can also mean "small group", but iʔairi always means "three"; translation of phrase for 4 is "two and two"; usually 3 and over are borrowed from English. Consonants k m n p r v ʔ ; vowels: a e i o u; stress on penultimate syllable. |
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