Language name and locationː Tumleo, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区通莱奥语, 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省北部海边地区及通莱奥岛

 

1. mata

2. lou

3. tul

4. ou

5. leim (litː 'hand')

6. limaŋan mata

10. walim ( 5 + 5 )

20. walim lou ( 5 + 5  x 2 )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Malcolm Ross, Department of Linguistics,
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. February 4, 2021.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Malcolm Ross, 2021 年 2 月 4 .

 

Other comments: Tumleo has a quinary-decimal counting system. They may use Tok Pisin numerals after five now. Tumleo is an Austronesian language of coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, on Tumleo Island and the Aitape coast in East Aitape Rural LLG.


Language name and locationː Tumleo, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区通莱奥语, 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省北部海边地区及通莱奥岛

 

1. mata

21.  laluj lou mata

2. lou

22.  laluj lou lou

3. tul

23.  laluj lou tul

4. ou / uw

24.  laluj lou ou

5. leim (litː 'hand')

25.  laluj lou leim

6. leim ŋa mata  ( 5 + 1 )

26.  laluj lou leim ŋa mata

7. leim ŋa lou    ( 5 + 2 )

27.  laluj lou leim ŋa lou

8. leim ŋa tul     ( 5 + 3 )

28.  laluj lou leim ŋa tul

9. leim ŋa ou     ( 5 + 4 )

29.  laluj lou leim ŋa ou 

10. wualim        ( 5 + 5 )

30.  laluj tul

11. wualim mata

40.  laluj ou

12. wualim lou

50.  laluj leim

13. wualim tul

60.  laluj leim ŋa mata

14. wualim ou

70.  laluj leim ŋa lou

15. wualim leim

80.  laluj leim ŋa tul 

16. wualim leim ŋa mata

90.  laluj leim ŋa ou 

17. wualim leim ŋa lou

100. raputj pamata / raputj sapin

18. wualim leim ŋa tul 

200. raputj lou

19. wualim leim ŋa ou

1000. raputj wulim / aueo naputj

20. laluj lou / laluj palou

2000. raputj wualim lou

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Jajuar Wasa (St. Francis High School, Nuku, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. August 24, 1998.
Reference: Leonhard Schultze Jena. 1911. Zur kenntnis der melanesischen sprache von der insel Tumleo, Jena, G. Fischer, Germany.
供资料的语言学家: Jajuar Wasa, 1998 年 8 月 24 日

 

Other comments: Tumleo has a traditional quinary-decimal counting system.


 

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