Language name and locationː Taupota, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区陶波塔语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省东部

 

1. emosi / eseɡa

2. luaɡa

3. tonuɡa

4. wonepari / luaɡa ma luaɡa ( 2 + 2)

5. nima emosi i tutu (lit: 'hand 3SG-hit') 

6. nima emosi i tutu emosi / eseɡa (litː 'five and one')

7. nima emosi i tutu luaɡa

8. nima emosi i tutu tonuɡa

9. nima emosi i tutu wonepali

10. nima luaɡa i tutu (lit: 'hand two 3SG-hit') 

11. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae emosi / eseɡa

12. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae luaɡa

13. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae tonuɡa

14. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae wonepali

15. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae nima emosi i tutu 

16. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae nima emosi i tutu emosi / eseɡa

17. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae nima emosi i tutu luaɡa

18. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae nima emosi i tutu tonuɡa

19. nima luaɡa i tutu ma au ae nima emosi i tutu wonepali

20. oroto-emosi-i-irage (litː 'man one is dead')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Marie Keilah, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, August 25, 1998.  
提供资
的语言家: Ms. Marie Keilah, 1998 年 8 月 25 日.

 

Other comments: Taupota has a traditional counting system based on hand and person similar to that of Tawala. Modern Taupota people have only kept the traditional numerals from one to three now. Taupota is spoken by 4,500 speakers in the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and western Wedau.


 

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