Language name and locationː Wagawaga, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区瓦加瓦加语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

 

1. eseɡa 

2. luaɡa 

3. faihona 

4. fati 

5. nima ya tutu (lit: 'hand fist') 

6. nima ya tutu be eseɡa ( 5 + 1 ) 

7. nima ya tutu be luaɡa ( 5 + 2 )

8. nima ya tutu be faihona ( 5 + 3 )

9. nima ya tutu be fati ( 5 + 4 )

10. nima luaɡa sa tutu (lit: 'two hands they fist')

11. nima luaɡa sa tutu eseɡa 

12. nima luaɡa sa tutu luaɡa

13. nima luaɡa sa tutu faihona 

14. nima luaɡa sa tutu fati

15. nima luaɡa sa tutu be ahe eseɡa satutu (lit: 'two hands they fist and one foot
     finished')

16. nima luaɡa sa tutu be ahe eseɡa satutu be eseɡa

17. nima luaɡa sa tutu be ahe eseɡa satutu be luaɡa

18. nima luaɡa sa tutu be ahe eseɡa satutu be faihona

19. nima luaɡa sa tutu be ahe eseɡa satutu be fati

20. lohea eseɡa ya mate  (litː 'man one is dead')

40. lohea luaɡa ya mate  

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Russ Cooper, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. November 26, 2014, 
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Russ Cooper, 2014 年 11 月 26 日.

 

Other comments: Wagawaga has a quinary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 may still be used frequently now. Wagawaga is spoken by about 600 speakers in Wagawaga village in in the middle of Tawala language area, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.


 

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