Language
name and locationː Suau,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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. |
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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