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

语言名称和分布地区: 阿维雅纳语 (奥雅纳语Auyana), 巴新东高地省凯南图及附近地区

1. morama 

2. kaeʔa 

3. kaumboma 

4. eiyaimba 

5. evaʔaaseima 

6. avaʔmorama

7. avakaetema

8. avaʔkauboema

9. avareiyaimba

10. si-yaan-kaima  (litː 'my hand(s) two')

11. si-samai-va-kemba morama (litː 'my-foot-at-from-one')

12. si-samai-va-kemba kaeʔa

15. si-samai-va-kemba evaʔaaseima

16. si-samai-va-kemba avaʔmorama

20. mora-kwaaima (litː 'one male' or 'one man')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, July 14, 1987.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Glen A. Lean, 1987 年 7 月 14 日.

Other comments: Awiyaana or Auyana is spoken by approximately 11,000 speakers in Kainantu and Okapa districts, Eastern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. Awiyaan has a finger-and-toe tally system (5, 20 cyclic pattern). Like Gadsup it is notable in having distinct words for the first four numerals, i.e. a 2-cycle does not operate. The tally-direction for 5, which completes tallying the fingers of one hand, does not explicitly contain the 'hand' morpheme, 'yaan'. This however, does appear in the tally-direction for 10, 'si-yaan-kaima', i.e. 'my hand (s) two'. Tally-directions for 6 to 9 have an 'x+n' construction where 'x' is 'ava' and 'n' takes the values 1 to 4 respectively. Tallying from 11 to 20 proceeds on the toes. The tally-direction for 11 is, for example, 'si-samai-va-kemba morama', i.e. 'my-foot-at-from-one'. This pattern continue through to 19, and 20 is 'more-kwaama' or 'one male' or 'one man'.