Language
name and locationː Yakaikeke,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. taɡo |
2. ruwa |
3. tonu |
4. tonu ma taɡo (3 + 1) |
5. tonu ma tonu (3 + 2) |
10. nima rua (litː 'two hands' ) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Russ Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cooper,
SIL International, Papua
New Guinea.
January 7, 2009. |
Other comments: Yakaikeke has a traditional binary counting system. Now most of the people preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 10 may still be used now. Yakaikeke (Iakaikeke) is an endangered Oceanic Austronesian language of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea spoken by about 100 speakers. |
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