Language name and locationː Nek, Papua New Guinea [Refː Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 内克语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. no / noŋɡɑn (litː 'other,one / only 'one')

2. tɨpet (litː 'two')

3. tɨpet ɡɨt no (litː 'two and one')

4. tɨpet (ɡɨt) tɨpet [litː 'two (and) two'] 

5. kɨt meŋ [litː 'hand mother' = (thumb)], kɨt no (litː 'hand one'), or 

    tɨpet tɨpet noŋɡɑn (litː 'two two one')

6. (kɨt) tombon noŋɡɑn [litː 'hand) another one'] 

7. (kɨt) tombon tɨpet [litː 'hand) another two'] 

8. (kɨt) tombon tɨpet ɡɨt no [litː 'hand) another two and one']

9. (kɨt) tombon tɨpet ɡɨt tɨpet [litː 'hand) another two and two'] 

10. kɨt (meŋ) tɨpet [litː 'hand (mother) two' = (two thumbs / hands)]

11. kɨt tɨpet, noŋɡɑn (litː 'hand two, one')

12. kɨt tɨpet, tɨpet

13. kɨt tɨpet, tɨpet ɡɨt no

14. kɨt tɨpet, tɨpet ɡɨt tɨpet

15. kɨt tombon tombon t'm kesit tombon ( < Geoff Smith 1984)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Katri Linnasalo through Mr. Ray Stegeman, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. June 23, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Katri Linnasalo, 2011 年 6 月 23 日.

Other comments: The traditional Nek system has a basic numeral set (1, 2); the numbers 3 and 4 have the constructions ' 2 and 1' and '2 and 2' respectively. The

numerals 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'kɨt'. There is a word for 15 recorded by Geoff Smith in 1984 contain a 'leg' morpheme 'kesit' and means 'hands side hand side and leg side'. The system thus appears to be a digit-tally one with a (2, 5) cyclic pattern. However, now the Nek people rarely use vernacular numerals beyond three, since Pidgin numerals are shorter and easier to use. Also, beyond three, there is a fair bit of variation in the forms used.

Language name and locationː Nek, Papua New Guinea [Refer toː Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 努芒冈语, 巴布亚新几内亚

1. noŋɡan

2. təpet

3. təpet ɡət no  (litː ' two and another one')

4. təpet təpet  (litː ' 2 plus 2 ')

5. kət  (litː 'hand' )

6. kət (tambon)  (litː 'the other hand one')

7. kət təpet

8. kət təpet ɡət no

9. kət təpet ɡət təpet

10. kət meŋ təpet   (litː 'two thumbs’)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Katri Linnasalo through Miss Joyce Wood.

24 October, 2008.  SIL International, Papua New Guinea

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Katri Linnasalo, 2008 年 10 月 24 日.

Other comments: There does not seem to have been an established system of counting beyond two hands (ten). Nowadays the Nek people rarely use vernacular numbers beyond five any longer, just the Pidgin/English numerals.