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

言名称和分布地区塔博语 (瓦雅语 Waja), 巴布亚新几内亚西部省

 

1. kapia

2. netewa

3. netewa kapia   (2+1)

4. netewa netewa (2+2)

5.  ?

10. hapuʔibote hapuʔibote

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Sourceː Glendon A. Lean. Counting systems of Papua New Guinea, volume 12, Western Province. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Source: SIL Word List (1974), Village: Waia.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Glen A. Lean, 1991 年.    

 

Other comments: Tabo, also known as Waia (Waya), is a Papuan language of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, just north of the Fly River delta. The language has also been known as Hiwi and Hibarada, Tabo has a population with approximately 3,000 speakers. Tabo counting system processes a 2-cyclic one. No number word for 5 is available, not sure if they are still using old traditional numbers or body tally after 2 or now use Tok Pisin numerals after two. New data for numbers after ten is required.


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