Language name and location: Wagiman, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区瓦吉曼语, 澳大利亚北部

 

1. nungarin ['nu.ŋa.ɻin]

2. larrima ['la.ri.ma]

3. murrkkun ['mur.kːun]

4.  ---

5. murrkkun nardal [mur.kːu'nːa.ɖal]* / (lit.: "one hand")

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Daniel Krauße, M.A., PhD Candidate (Linguistics), Faculty of Education and Arts, school of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle, Australia. July 19, 2018.

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Daniel Krauße, 2018 年 7 月 19 日.

 

Other comments: Wagiman is a near-extinct language from northern Australia, There is only one fluent speaker of Wagiman alive. Only the numerals from 1 to 3 are used in everyday speech, for anything higher Kriol numbers are used. *The word for “five” literally means “one hand”.


 

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