Language name and locationː Zenag, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区泽纳格语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省中部内陆穆蒙河地区

 

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 February, 1988.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Bruce Hooley, 1988 年 2 月 8 日

 

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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