Huli language
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| Huli | |
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| Region | Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Huli people |
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Native speakers
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150,000 (2011)[1] |
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Trans–New Guinea
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| Latin script (Huli alphabet) Huli Braille |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hui |
| Glottolog | huli1244[2] |
Huli is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by the Huli people of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. It features a pentadecimal (base-15) numeral system: ngui means 15, ngui ki means 15×2 = 30, and ngui ngui means 15×15 = 225.
References
- ↑ Huli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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External links
- Huli counting system
- "Counting and number in Huli", Brian Cheetam. Papua New Guinea Journal of Education[dead link]
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