Language
name and locationː Wampur,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. bisaŋʔua |
2. iruʔiruʔ |
3. iruʔabits ( 2 + 1 ) |
4. iruʔairuʔ ( 2 + 2 ) |
5. baʔinasih (litː 'hand half') |
6. baʔin a bisaŋʔua |
7. baʔin a iruʔiruʔ |
8. baʔin a iruʔabits |
9. baʔin a iruʔairuʔ |
10. baŋʔian ditir (litː 'hands altogether') |
11. baʔin ditir haɡan bisaŋʔua (litː 'hands altogether and leg one') |
12. baʔin ditir haɡan iruʔiruʔ |
13. baʔin ditir haɡan iruʔabits |
14. baʔin ditir haɡan iruʔairuʔ |
20. ɡaram manɡa haɡan baŋʔian ditir (litː 'man one hands and leg together') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: According to Dr. Sue Holzknecht's old data recorded 20 years ago. Wampur people may have an old counting system combines a counting system based on two with tallying on hand and feet up to 20, however, nowadays, the traditional numbers beyond ten are seldom used. Wampur is spoken by about 500 speakers in the two villages of Wampur and Mirir in Onga-Waffa Rural LLG, Morbe province, Papua New Guinea. |
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