Language name and locationː Duwet, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 杜维特语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省莱城附近

1. taɡine, taine, ta

2. seik

3. seik ba ta    ( 2 + 1) 

4. seik ba seik ( 2 + 2 ) 

5. limaŋɡa arinaŋ ( litː one hand )

6. limaŋɡa arinaŋ anau na ta

7. limaŋɡa arinaŋ anau na seik

8. limaŋɡa arinaŋ anau na seik ba ta

9. limaŋɡa arinaŋ anau na seik ba seik

10. limaŋ seik (litː 'two hands') 

11. limaŋ seik anau na ta

12. limaŋ seik anau na seik

13. limaŋ seik anau na seik ba ta

14. limaŋ seik anau na seik ba seik

15. limaŋ seik ambeŋɡa arinaŋ (litː 'two hands and one foot')

16. limaŋ seik ambeŋɡa arinaŋ ta

17. limaŋ seik ambeŋɡa arinaŋ seik

18. limaŋ seik ambeŋɡa arinaŋ seik ba ta

19. limaŋ seik ambeŋɡa arinaŋ seik ba seik

20. ambeŋ seik limaŋ seik ( litː 'two feet and two hands' )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith . The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea / University of Hong Kong. December 12, 1988.

Mr. & Mrs. Sep and Ruth Gisileng (SIL), September6, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith , 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

Other comments: The Duwet or Guwet counting system combines a counting system based on two with tallying on hands and feet.

However, SIL linguists Mr. & Mrs. Sep and Ruth Gisileng recently says they did asked the people in the village and they said .The old people have died and the young people are using English counting system and they said their counting system is fading. They only count to twenty by counting their fingers and toes and that’s it .No body really knows how to count from twenty upwards .