Language name and location: Akukem, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿库肯语 (塞彭语 Sepen), 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

1. uvʰuavɨra (lit: 'one')

2. pʰunĩ:ni ( lit: 'two')

3. pʰunĩ:ni mbɨke:tav (lit: 'two another')

4. pʰunĩ:ni ko pʰunĩ:ni (litː 'two plus two')

5. pʰunĩ:ni ko pʰunĩ:ni mbɨke:tav (lit: 'two plus two another')

6. pʰunĩ:ni ko pʰunĩ:ni ko pʰunĩ:ni (lit: 'two plus two plus two',

    OR pʰunĩ:ni mbɨke:tav pʰunĩ:ni mbɨke:tav (lit: ‘two another two another’)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Don R. Daniels, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. October 2, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Don R. Daniels, 2010 年 10 月 2 日.

Other comments: Akukem or Sepen is spoken by approximately 650 speakers in Bogia district, mountains east of lower Ramu river, Madang province, Papua New Guinea.

Akukem or Sepen has only two words as numerals. The form pʰunĩ:ni ‘two’ seems to be at least etymologically related to the dual nominative suffix –anĩ:. Other words here are also probably complex, but I don’t have a good enough understanding of Akukem to analyze them. The numbering system seems to more or less break down after 5. I'm not sure where the Ethnologue got the name Sepen, but speakers definitely prefer the name Sepen for that language.