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

言名称和分布地区西亚隆, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

 

1. weŋetene

2. etka

3. karamba

4. etka ko etka ('two and two')

5. metamu  ('hand one')

6. metamu ko weŋetene ('hand one')

10. mete etka ('hands two') 

15. mete karamba

20. keŋa etka ('feet two') 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, Department of Language and Communication Studies, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. December 12, 1988.

Source: Smith, Geoffrey P. 1988. Morobe Counting systems, Pacific Linguistics, A-76, 1988, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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的语言家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: Sialum is spoken by approximately 6,00 speakers in three villages on the north-eastern coast of the Huon Peninsula, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The counting data were provided by a high school student. The system described has three distinct numerals and used hands and feet to tally up to 20.


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