Language
name and locationː Wampar,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ʔoɾots (litː 'one') |
2. seɾok (litː 'two') |
3. seɾokoɾots (litː 'two-one') |
4. seɾokaseɾok (litː 'two-two) |
5. baŋidoŋan (litː 'a hand') |
6. baŋidoŋanoɾots |
7. baŋidoŋanseɾok |
8. baŋidoŋanseɾokoɾots |
9. baŋidoŋanseɾokaseɾok |
10. baŋidseɾok (lit: two hands') |
11. baŋidseɾokoɾots |
15. baŋidseɾok faudoŋan (litː 'two hands, one foot') |
20. baŋidseɾok faudseɾok (litː 'two hands, two feet') |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Mr. Ray Stegman, SIL-Papua New Guinea, recorded
from Isaiah
Tetang and Jeremiah Herod, native speakers of Wampar, February 8
,
2019. |
Other comments: Wampar has a binary counting system with hands and feet. These Wampar (lbq) numbers were recorded during last year’s (2018) Discover Your Language course. Wampar is spoken by about 5,200 speakers in the 8 villages (wards) of Dzifasin, Tararan, Gabsongkeg, Ngasowapum, Munun, Mare, Gabandzidz and Wamped in Wampar Rural LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. |
Language
name and locationː Wampar,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. oroz / orots |
2. serok / selok |
3. serok oroz ( litː ''2 + 1") |
4. serok a serok ( litː ''2 + 2'') |
5. baŋid oroz (litː ''one hand'') |
6. baŋid oroz da oroz |
7. baŋid oroz da serok |
8. baŋid oroz da serok oroz |
9. baŋid oroz da serok a serok |
10. baŋid serok (lit: "two hands") |
11. baŋid serok da oroz |
12. baŋid serok da serok |
13. baŋid serok da serok oroz |
14. baŋid serok da serok a serok |
15. baŋid serok da faud oroz (litː ''two hands, one foot'') |
16. baŋid serok da faud oroz da oroz |
17. baŋid serok da faud oroz da serok |
18. baŋid serok da faud oroz serok oroz |
19. baŋid serok da faud oroz serok a serok |
20. baŋid serok da faud serok (litː ''two hands, two feet'') |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, The University of
Technology, Lae, Papua New
Guinea, December 12, 1988. |
Other comments: Wampar has a binary counting system with hands and feet. |
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