Language name and locationː Takia, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区塔基亚语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省东北部Karkar岛和Bagbag岛

 

1. kisaek / kaek

2. uraru

3. utol

4. iwoiwo (litː ''pair-pair')

5. kafe-n(da) (litː ''with her / his thumb'')

6. suku-n(da) (liː ''little finger-his/her''),

    kafen dad kaek (litː ''with her / his thumb and one'')

7. balab (litː ''index finger'') / kafen dad uraru (litː ''with her / his thumb and two'')

8. ali aben, kafeb dad utol (litː ''with her / his thumb and three'')

9. bem fufu, kafeb dad iwoiwo (litː ''with her / his thumb and pair-pair'')

10. baniɡ ananaen (lit: 'two hands (on) either sides') / kafen urarua

11. baniɡ ananaen kisaek

12. baniɡ ananaen uraru

13. baniɡ ananaen utol

14. baniɡ ananaen iwoiwo

15. baniɡ ananaen kafen

16. baniɡ ananaen sukun da

17. baniɡ ananaen balab

18. baniɡ ananaen ali aben

19. baniɡ ananaen bem fufu

20. bani ŋie da tumani (litː ''join hands and feet'')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Bruce Waters,  SIL International, Papua New Guinea. February 8, 1996.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Bruce Waters, 1996 年 2 月 8 .

 

Other comments: Takia has a traditional counting system up to twenty. However, they only keep traditional Austronesian numbers from one to three. After twenty they use English numerals. Takia is an Austronesian language spoken by about 25,00 speakers on Karkar Island, Bagabag Island, and coastal villages Megiar and Serang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It has been syntactically restructured by Waskia, a Papuan language spoken on the island.
Children are discouraged from using Takia, and it is being supplanted by Tok Pisin and English.


Language name and locationː Megiar, Madang, Papua New Guinea [Ref to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区梅吉亚尔语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省东北部

 

1. sekmon

2. raru

3. tol

4. iwoiiwon

5. ŋamasek

6. ŋamasek aini sekmon  ( 5 + 1)

7. ŋamasek aini raru       ( 5 + 2)

8. ŋamasek aini tol         ( 5 + 3)

9. ŋamasek aini iwoiiwon ( 5 + 4)

10. ŋamasek raru ( 5 x 2)

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Malcolm Ross, Department of Linguistics,
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. November 23, 1992.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Malcolm Ross, 1992 年 11 月 23 .

 

Other comments: Megiar may have a quinary-decimal system. Megiar is often wrongly classified as a dialect of Takia, but Peter Channel Darek of University of Goroka, Papua New Guinea said (2012) that it is a distinct language. The data for Megiar was incomplete, new data needed to fill in the gaps for higher numerals after ten. 


 

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