Language
name and locationː Wagawaga,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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 |
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,
|
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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