Language name and locationː Yanyuwa, Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区纽瓦语, 澳大利亚昆士兰地区

 

1. arrkula / aɡ̠ula / 'one'

2. kanyamarda /ɡ̠aŋamaɖa/ 'two'

3. kanymardaarrkula / ɡ̠aɲmaɖaarɡ̠ula / ('three'ː literally two and one)

4. kanymardakanymarda / ɡ̠aɲmaɖaɡan̠maɖa / ('four'ː literally two and two)

 kularrkularr /ɡ̠ularɡular/ ( litː a few); jakarda / d̪aɡaɖa ( lit: many )

   mijimbangu / mid̪inⁿnan̠u / ( lit: very many )
   rarrawumba / ɻarawuᵐba / ( lit: beyond count )

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Associate Professor John Bradley, Deputy Director
Monash Indigenous Centre, Program Director Monash Country Lines Archive, School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies, Clayton Campus Monash University, Victoria 3800,
Australia. October 10, 2012.
供资料的语言学家: Associate Prof. John Bradley. 2012 年 10 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Yanyuwa has only four traditional numbers.


 

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