Language name and locationː Sewa Bay, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区塞瓦, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省诺曼比岛塞瓦湾

 

1. kaikeda / kenabona

2. manáu / eluwa

3. luwa abwa kaikeda ( 2 + 1 )

4. aiɡe sieluwa aiɡe sieluwa ( 2 + 2 )

5. nima kaikeda (lit: 'hand one')

6. nima soᵘbařaⁱ kaiɡeda ( 5 + 1 )

7. nima soᵘbařaⁱ manáu  ( 5 + 2 )

8. nima soᵘbařaⁱ luwa abwa kaikeda ( 5 + 2 + 1 )  

9. nima soᵘbařaⁱ aiɡe sieluwa aiɡe sieluwa ( 5 + 2 + 2 )

10. nima luwa  (lit: 'hands two')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Lithgow, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 10, 1991.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. David Lithgow. 1991 年 3 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Sewa Bay has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 5 and 10 may still be used frequently now. Sewa Bay is spoken by about 4,500 speakers in Sewa Bay area of

Normanby island, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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