Duwet language
Duwet, also known as Guwot or Waing, is an aberrant member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Duwet is spoken by about 400 people and appears to have been heavily influenced by its neighboring Nabak language (also called Wain) of the Papuan Trans–New Guinea languages.
Morphology
Pronouns and person markers
Subject prefixes
Numerals
Traditional Duwet numerals include only three basic forms: 'one', 'two', and 'hand (= five)'.
| Numeral |
Term |
Gloss |
| 1 |
ta(gine)/ta(ine) |
'one' |
| 2 |
seik |
'two' |
| 3 |
seik mba ta |
'two and one' |
| 4 |
seik mba seik |
'two and two' |
| 5 |
lima-ngg |
'hand-my' |
External links
References
^ Susanne Holzknecht (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.
- Holzknecht, Susanne (2001). "Number and person in the Duwet language of Papua New Guinea." In Andrew Pawley, Malcolm Ross, and Darrell Tryon, eds., The boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian linguistics in honour of Tom Dutton, 175-191. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.