Language name and locationː Tomoip, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区托莫伊普语, 巴布亚新几内亚新不列颠岛东新不列颠省

 

1. dɛnan

2. horo

3. horomdɛtu  (2 + 1)

4. horo mɔ horo (2 + 2)

5. liɛm (lit: 'hand')

6. liɛm dɛnana mɔ dɛnana (5 + 1)

7. liɛm dɛnana mɔ horo     (5 + 2 )

8. liɛm dɛnana mɔ horomdɛtu (5 + 2 + 1)

9. liɛm dɛnana mɔ horo mɔ horo (5 + 2 + 2)

10. roliɛm kɛrɛ (litː 'two hands')

20. tamdil (lit: 'person')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd & Ruth Milligan, SIL-International, Papua Guinea, 1995.
提供资的语言家: Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Lloyd & Ruth Milligan, 1995 年.

 

Other comments: Tomoip has only two words as numerals and use hands and a word for ''person' to express 'twenty. Tomoip is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in Pomio district of East New Britain province and Talasea district of West New Britain province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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