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

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦吉语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

 

1. usih

2. aɾit

3. kiam

4. waɾos

5. taniɡole  (litː 'taniɡ means thumb and ole means with')

6. taniɡole usih
7. taniɡole aɾit
8. taniɡole kiam
9. taniɡole waɾos
10. evel leplep
11. the people don't know the other numbers

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jeong Bo Young through Mr. Ray Stegeman.

SIL International, Papua New Guinea. June 17, 2010.

提供资的语言学家: Mr. Jeong Bo Young , 2010 年 6 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Wagi is spoken by approximately 3,400 speakers in northwest of Madang, Foran, Kamba, Kauris, Mis, and Silibob villages, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. The Wagi language group has been using five numbers in their tokples.

one - usih two - ar'it three - kiam four - waros five - tanigole (tanig means thumb and ole means with). The peopel don't remeber bigger numbers than 10. They

just count fingers and toes and use English numbers nowadays for the rest of numbers.


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