Language
name and locationː Zenag,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ti (Yanta dialect ) / tika (Latep dialect) |
2. yuʷ / yow |
3. yan / yan |
4. yundəyu / mændəno |
5. nəma'βəlu (litː 'hand half'') / nəma'βɛlo |
10. nəma'yu ( litː 'hands two') / nəmayu |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Bruce Hooley,
Summer Institute of
Linguistics, Papua New Guinea.
8 |
Other comments: Zenag, like other most of Austronesian languages in Morobe province, has a digit-tally counting system up to twenty. Generally only numbers 1-5 and 10 are regularly used now, for the other numbers words are commonly borrowed from Tok Pisin and English. Zenag is spoken by about 1,900 speakers in Mumeng district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. |
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