Language name and location: Tuma-Irumu, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. kumbə / kumbəɡən (litː ''one only'') |
2. yarə |
3. yarə kumbə (2+1) |
4. yarə bok yarə bok (litː ''two-together two-together'') |
5. ket kukŋi kubə |
6. ket kukŋi kubə kubə |
7. ket kukŋi kubə yarə |
8. ket kukŋi kubə yarə kumbə |
9. ket kukŋi kubə yarə bok yarə bok |
10. ket kukŋi kudup |
11. kuroŋ ken kumbə |
12. kuroŋ ken yarə |
13. kuroŋ ken yarə kumbə |
14. kuroŋ ken yarə bok yarə bok |
15. kuroŋ ken iman |
20. ket kuroŋ kundup (litː ''hand leg all'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː
Mr. Ross Webb,
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Ross Webb, 2011 年 5 月 25 日, 2022 年 1 月 14 日 |
Other comments: Tuma-Irumu is spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers in Wantoat subdistrict, Kaiapit district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. Tuma-Irumu counting system has a basic numeral set (1,2); 3 has the construction '2 plus 1' and 4 has the construction '2 plus 2', 'ket' is the word for 'hand /arm', which appears in the number words for 6 through 10, and also 20. The number 5 being 'hand one of them'. The number word for 11 through 20 contains a 'leg /foot' morpheme 'kuroŋ'. The word for 20 has the gloss 'hand legs together'. Noteː ä = 'shwa', IPA [ə] |
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