Language name and locationː South Watut,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. takatanaŋ, waŋin |
2. suruʔ |
3. suruʔ waŋin ( litː ''2 + 1") |
4. suruʔ a suruʔ ( litː ''2 + 2'') |
5. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi (litː ''one hand'' ) |
6. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats takatanaŋ |
7. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats a suruʔ |
8. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats suruʔ waŋin |
9. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi kats suruʔ a suruʔ |
10. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi [litː ''completed (two hands)''] |
11. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi waŋin |
12. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi suruʔ |
13. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi suruʔ waŋin |
14. ɡi-baŋi-nd a mbufi a mbufi suruʔ a suruʔ |
15. ɡi-baŋi-nd a musunu iktas ɡi-fa-nd fiatak (litː ''our hands together jumps onto the top of our leg '') |
20. ɡi-baŋi-nd a ɡi-fa-nd mi-maʔ adzuʔ (litː ''our hands and our feet finished'') |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Susanne Holzknecht. Department of
Linguistics, |
Other comments: South Watut or South Kodut has a counting system combines the counting system based on two with tallying on hand and feet to twenty. |
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