Language name and locationː Wa'ema, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区瓦厄马语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省阿洛陶镇

 

1. tomuɣa

2. luaɣa 

3. tonuɣa

4. wohepali

5. ulitutu

10. ula luaɣa hi tutu (litː 'two hands finished' )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bethwyn Evans, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1997.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Bethwyn Evans, 1997年.

 

Other comments: Wa'ema has a traditional quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 may still be used now. Wa'ema is spoken by about 1,000 speakers in Alotau district, Huhu local government area, Milne Bay area north up to East Cape coastal range, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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