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Language name and locationː Vehes,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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1. ti |
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2. lu |
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3. lal |
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4. lubəlu ( litː ''2 + 2'') / uyəkuy |
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5. oroⁿdvalu (litː ''hand part'', oro=hand, valu=part) |
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6. oroⁿdvalu bə ti (5 + 1) |
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7. oroⁿdvalu bə lu (5 + 2) |
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8. oroⁿdvalu bə lal (5 + 3) |
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9. oroⁿdvalu bə lubəlu (5 + 2 + 2) |
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10. oroⁿdleʁo (litː ''hands both, leʁo=both'') |
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11. oroⁿdleʁo bə ti |
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12. oroⁿdleʁo bə lu |
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13. oroⁿdleʁo bə lal |
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14. oroⁿdleʁo bə lubəlu |
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15. oroⁿdleʁo bə oroⁿdvalu |
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16. oroⁿdleʁo bə oroⁿdvalu bə ti |
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17. oroⁿdleʁo bə oroⁿdvalu bə lu |
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18. oroⁿdleʁo bə oroⁿdvalu bə lal |
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19. oroⁿdleʁo bə oroⁿdvalu bə lubəlu |
| 20. ⁿdalus / ⁿdalus ti (litː ''person one'') |
| 60. ⁿdalus lu / ⁿdalus lu (litː ''persons two'') |
| 80. ⁿdalus lal / ⁿdalus lal (litː 'persons three'') |
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100. ⁿdalus tuŋ ti |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Gillian Sankoff, Department of
Linguistics,
University of Pennsylvaniam
Philadelphia, USA,
September
23, 1998. |
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Other comments: Vehes has three words as numerals and has a counting system up to twenty. Vehes is an endangered language spoken by approximately 70 speakers in one single village near the coast between Lae and Salamaua, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. |
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