Language name and locationː Tulu-Bohuai, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区图鲁-博淮 (Pelipowai dialect), 巴布亚新几亚之马努斯岛

 

1. ri

21.  lunwah e ri

2. lueh

22.  lunwah e lueh

3. toloh

23.  lunwah e toloh

4. hahuw

24.  lunwah e hahuw

5. limieh (lit: 'hand')

25.  lunwah e limieh

6. onah

26.  lunwah e onah

7. tsotoloh (10 - 3) 

27.  lunwah e tsotoloh

8. tsolueh  (10 - 2)

28.  lunwah e tsolueh 

9. tsuri      (10 - 1)

29.  lunwah e tsuri

10. runwah

30.  tsunuh

11. runwah e ri

40.  haanwah

12. runwah e lueh

50.  lemenwah

13. runwah e toloh

60.  ononwah

14. runwah e hahuw

70.  tsacunwah

15. runwah e limiah

80.  tsoalunwah

16. runwah e onah

90.  tsorunwah

17. runwah e tsotoloh

100. ranak, 200. lunak, 300. tsiniək

18. runwah e tsolueh 

400. haanak, 500. lemenak, 600. ononak

19. runwah e tsuri

700. tsotsiniək, 800. tsoalunak

20. lunwah

900. tsoaranak, 1000. roa

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Robert Blust, Department of linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA. January 30, 2021.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Robert Blust, 2021 年 1 月 30 日

 

Other comments: Tulu-Bohuai has has a typical "Manus type" Austronesian language decimal counting system with special structure for numerals 7 to 9 similar to that of the related Nyindrou language. The above data was taken from Pelipowai dialect.

Tulu-Bohuai is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in the villages of Pelipowai, Bohuai, and Peli island in Manus province, Papua New Guinea.

Note: c=IPA /ts/


Language name and locationː Tulu-Bohuai, Papua New Guinea [Refer toː Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区图鲁-博淮 (Bohuai dialect), 巴布亚新几亚之马努斯岛

 

1. ri

21.  lunuah e ri

2. luwiah

22.  lunuah e luwiah

3. toloh

23.  lunuah e toloh

4. hahu

24.  lunuah e hahu

5. limiah (lit: 'hand')

25.  lunuah e limiah

6. onah

26.  lunuah e onah

7. tsotoloh    (10 - 3)

27.  lunuah e tsotoloh

8. tsoluwiah (10 - 2)

28.  lunuah e tsowiah

9. tsuri         (10 - 1) 

29.  lunuah e tsuri

10. runuah

30.  tsunuah

11. runuah e ri

40.  hanuah

12. runuah e luwiah

50.  lewenuah

13. runuah e toloh

60.  ononuah

14. runuah e hahu

70.  tsatsunuah

15. runuah e limiah

80.  tsalunuah

16. runuah e onah

90.  tsorunuah

17. runuah e tsotoloh

100. ruwa

18. runuah e tsoluwiah

200. luwa

19. runuah e tsuri

1000. pwiri

20. lunuah

2000. pweluwiah

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. John Newman, Department of Linguistics, University of Albert. Canada. December 6, 2012.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. John Newman, 2012 年 12 月 6 日

 

Other comments: Bohuai or Polowa has has a typical "Manus type" Austronesian language decimal counting system with special structure for numerals 7 to 9 similar to that of the related Nyindrou language. For numerals 7 to 9, it might attribute a meaning like 'minus, missing, lacking' to the initial morpheme in those forms, but I haven't been able to gloss it confidently on the basis if its appearance outside this construction. So, for me, it's an uncertain gloss.

Phonemic System of Bohuai (John Newman, University of Alberta)

Consonantsː 

 

Labial

Dental

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Plosives

p,pʷ

t

 

k

ʔ

Affricates

 

ts

ɣ

 

Fricatives

 

   s

 

 

h

Nasals

m,mʷ

n

 

 ŋ

 

Prenasalised

   

  ⁿd

(ⁿdʒ)

 

 

Laterals

 

 r, l

 

 

 

Approximants

 w

 

 j

 

 

 

Of these, /k/, /ʔ/, /s/, /h/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /l/ can occur word-finally.

/p/ /panin/ ‘fish fin; wing of a bird’, /rapou/ ‘cut open (sago)’

/pw/ /pwene/ ‘mangrove mud’, /kapwe/ ‘hand’

/m/ /mali/ ‘be silent/’, /lamu/ ‘hair’, /liam/ ‘punch’

/mw/ /mwiah/ ‘yawn’, kamwiʔ/ ‘bow’

/t/ toloh/ ‘three’, /ate/ ‘liver’

/n/ /ni/ ‘fish’, /kana/ ‘food’, /lan/ ‘day’

/nd/ /nde/ ‘eye’, /kande/ ‘forehead, in front’

/l/ /lan/ ‘day’, /kalamak/ ‘fly (insect)’, /al/ ‘sun’

/ndʔ/ /ndʔarum/ ‘fall’, /ndʔuia/ ‘kuskus, possum’

/ts/ /tsupu/ ‘grandparent, grandchild’, /putsunuʔuk/ ‘knee’

/ tʃ/ /tʃepe/ ‘tomorrow’, /matʃua/ ‘sit’

/s/ /sosou/ ‘window’, /lesou/ ‘entrance to house’, /kuas/ ‘friend’

/r/ /ri/ ‘one’, /are/ ‘language’, /t?ear/

/k/ /kuk/ ‘louse’, /tokotok/ ‘happy’, /puk/ ‘banana’

/ /nuʔu/ ‘nose’, /pweʔ/ ‘no, not’

/h/ /huli/ ‘type of bag’, /pihin/ ‘female, girl’, /ah/ ‘coral lime (for eating with betelnut)’

Vowelsː 

 

Front

Mid

Back

Close

    i

 

    u

Mid

    e

 

    o

Open

 

 a

 

 


 

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