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

语言名称和分布地区: 奥米埃语, 巴布亚新几内亚奥罗省

1. gemu

2. nioʔi

3. ehi nioʔi ehi gemu ('like two like one') 

4. ehi nioʔi ehi nioʔi  ('like two like two') 

5. ovo go mine (litː 'ovo' is 'hand', 'hand other complete (finish, end))

6. ovo go mine ovo go re gemu

7. ovo go mine ovo go re nioʔi

8. ovo go mine ovo go re ehi nioʔi ehi gemu

9. ovo go mine ovo go re ehi nioʔi  ehi nioʔi

10. ovo go mine ovo go mine

11. ovo go mine ovo go mine horu go re gemu ('hand other complete (finish, end))

15. ovo go mine ovo go mine horu go mine 

16. ovo go mine ovo go mine horu go mine horu gore gemu

20. ovo go mine ovo go mine horu go mine horu go mine ('hand other complete hand

      other complete foot other complete foot other complete')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Sourceː Glendon A. Lean. Counting systems of Papua New Guinea, volume 5, Northern (Oro) Province. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Data taken from IMP (Indigenous Mathematics) Project, 1976.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Glen A. Lean, 1991 年.    

Other comments: Ömie or Aome is spoken by about 1,000 speakers in a region to the south of Hunjara and Orokaiva areas, near the headwaters of the Kumnusu river, Oro province, Papua New Guinea. Ömie has a (2, 5) cyclic pattern. The construction of the first four  numerals is 1, 2, 2+1, 2+2. The additional morpheme 'chi' which appears in the numerals 3 and 4 is translated as 'like' or 'as' so that "chi noi'i chi gemu", the numeral 3, is 'like two like two one'. The number word for 5 is 'ovo go mine' where 'ovo' is 'hand', the translation being 'hand other complete (finish, end). For 6 we have 'ovo go mine ovo go re gemu'or hand other complete hand other on one', or 5+1' . Similarly, 7 to 9 are constructed in this way and we have 7: 5+2', 8: 5+3' or prime 5+2+1' and 9: prime 5+4' or prime 5+ 2+2'. The number word for 10 has the construction prime 5+5' and is 'ovo go mine ovo go mine', a duplication of 5. After 10, tallying proceeds on toes and thus 11, 'ovo go mine ovo gomine horu go re gemu', is 'hand other complete hand other complete foot other on one'. This pattern proceeds up to 20 which is translated as 'hand other complete hand other complete foot other complete foot other complete'. The system thus has an implied 20-or 'man' cycle.