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

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦斯基亚语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

1. su.'wɑn.tɑ *

2. i.lɑ.ɣɑ.lɑ

3. i.lɑ.ɣɑ.lɑ. su.'wɑn.tɑ (two, and one)

4. i.lɑ.ɣɑ.lɑ  i.lɑ.ɣɑ.lɑ  (two times)

5. i.lɑ.ɣɑ.lɑ  su.'wɑn.tɑ (two times, and one)

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Fay Barker through Mr. Ray Stegeman, SIL-International, Papua New Guinea, June 10, 2010

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Fay Barker. 2010 年 6 月 10 日

Other comments: Waskia is spoken by approximately 20,000 speakers in Madang district, northern half of Karkar island, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. Waskia has two words as numbers up to five. This data is different from that of Malcolm Ross with John Natu Paol recorded years ago. Note that the third syllable 'ta' in number 'one' is an emphatic morpheme, only used with term one, but not three and not five.

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

语言名称和分布地区: 瓦斯基亚语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

1. itoketa   (< i-toke-ta )

2. itelala    (< i-tel-ala)

3. iteltoke  (< i-tel-toke )

4. itelala-itelala

5. itelala-itelala-itoketa

6. iteltoke-iteltoke 

7. iteltoke-iteltoke-itoketa

8. iteltoke-iteltoke-itelala 

9. kuting dilisan sa itelala-itelala 

10. kuting dilisan-dilisan

Linguist providing data and dateː Malcolm Ross with John Natu Paol

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Other comments: Waskia has a mixture of pair counting and body counting systems. The pair counting system is manifested in the fact that numbers up to eight are based on the morphemes toke 'one' and tel' 'two'ː The prefix i- is apparently a numerals marker. New Guinean societies with pair counting systems traditionally counted by

cutting notches in a stickː hence the Waskia word for 'count' is the verb kaur- 'cut. The body counting system is manifested in the morphemes kuting 'bone' and dilisan 'other side', reflecting the practice of pointing to various parts if the body as a means of counting.