Language name and location: Somba-Siawari, Papua New Guinea [Ref to Ethnologue]
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1. mohot, mohok |
2. yaɣət, weit |
3. karəbut, karəmbət |
4. kimbim, kwɣəp, nam kwaɣə, kiɣuwet, kiɡwet |
5. bərə kun, biri kun (litː ''hand one'') |
6. aŋɡəlikep moɣot (litː ''on the other hand side one'') |
7. aŋɡəlikep yaɣət |
8. aŋɡəlikep karəbut |
9. aŋɡəlikep kiɣuwet, aŋɡəlikep kimkim kwaɣəp |
10. bərə yaɣət, biri weit (litː ''hand two'') |
11. bərə yaɣət kəna aŋɡəlikep moɣot (litː ''hands two foot one one the other side one'') |
12. bərə yaɣət kəna aŋɡəlikep yaɣət |
13. bərə yaɣət kəna aŋɡəlikep karəbut |
14. bərə yaɣət kəna aŋɡəlikep kiɣuwet |
15. bərə yaɣət kəna kun (litː ''hands two foot one'') |
16. bərə yaɣət kəna kun aŋɡəlikep moɣot (litː ''hands two foot on the other side one'') |
17. bərə yaɣət kəna kun aŋɡəlikep yaɣət |
18. bərə yaɣət kəna kun aŋɡəlikep karəbut |
19. bərə yaɣət kəna kun aŋɡəlikep kiɣuwet |
20. kəna bərə kərek (litː ''foots and hands all''), azi kun (litː ''man one'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Soini Olkkonen,
SIL-International,
Papua New Guinea, October
3, 2008. |
Other comments: Somba-Siawari or Burum-Mindik is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Finschhafen district, Central Huon peninsula, Lae south of Cromwell Range, Burum river valley and west slopes of Kuat river, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The Burum-Mindik counting system is a digit-tally one with at least three distinct numerals, 1, 2, 3. The numeral words for 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'bərə'. From 'one' up to 'five' there are Numerals on the word level. From 'six' to 'nine' the numbers from 'one' to 'four' are repeated making phrases with the preceding aŋgölikep 'on.the.other.side'. From 'eleven' to 'fourteen' the numbers from 'one' to ' four' are repeated with the preceding börö yahöt köna aŋgölikep 'two hands, feet one.side'. From 'sixteen' to 'nineteen' the numbers are same as from 'eleven' to 'fourteen' plus the indefinite pronoun kun 'one' following the noun köna 'foot': börö yahöt köna kun aŋgölikep 'two hands, one foot one.side'. Note that word medial /h/= voiced velar fricative=IPA [ɣ], ö = central vowel schwa [ə], ŋ=voiced velar nasal, q=IPA [kw], gw=IPA [gw], z= IPA [ts] |
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