Language name and locationː Suau, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区苏奥语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省巴布亚半岛南部

 

1. ʔeseɡa

2. labuʔi

3. haiyona

4. hasi 

5. haliɡiɡi

6. haliɡiɡi ʔeseɡa   ( 5 + 1 )

7. haliɡiɡi labuʔi   ( 5 + 2 )

8. haliɡiɡi haiyona ( 5 + 3 )

9. haliɡiɡi hasi      ( 5 + 4 )

10. saudoudoi

11. saudoudoi ʔeseɡa 

12. saudoudoi labuʔi

13. saudoudoi haiyona

14. saudoudoi hasi

15. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi

16. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi ʔeseɡa

17. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi labuʔi

18. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi haiyona

19. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi hasi

20. tau ʔeseɡa ie mate (litː 'man one is dead')

100. tatao haliɡiɡi se mate

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 17, 1988, November 26, 2014.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper. 1988 年 3 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Suau has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 may still be used frequently now. Current data provided by Dr. Russ Cooper (2014) for traditional numerals 1 to 5 and 10 were recorded from his personal trip to Suayabina in 1985.   

Suau is spoken by about 20,000 speakers in southeasternmost Papua mainland, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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