Language name and locationː Kayardild, Australia  [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡雅迪尔特语, 澳洲北部

1. warngiida [ waɻŋiːt]

2. kiyarrngka [kijarŋk]

3. burldamurra [puɹlʈamra]

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Nicholas D. Evans. January 28, 2010.

Department of Linguistics, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Nicholas D. Evans. 2010 年 1 月 28 日.

Other comments: The word for three may be reduplicated: burldamurra-burdamurra

'quite a few. Counting is not a traditional activity in Kayardild; in fact, the counting

of turtle eggs was, and still is, tabooed. The only time I have heard a higher number used was in a discussion of how many wives a man had; the expression kiyarrangka

marlda 'two hands' was used for 'ten'.