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

语言名称和分布地区: 巴尔甘语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省北部马当区沿岸

1. amulik

2. ɡiɡer

3. ezeʔman

4. aweweʔ 

5. abaynaɡin  / ben sormo tuh nam (litː 'a single hand closed')

6. abay-amulik / ben sorib amulikmo (litː 'one on a single hand')

7. abay-ɡiɡer / ben sorib ɡiɡermo (litː 'two on a single hand')

8. abay-ezeʔman / ben sorib ezeʔmanmo (litː 'three on a single hand')

9. abay-aweweʔ / ben sorib aweweʔmo (litː 'four on a single hand')

10. ben tuh / ben sosormo tituh nam (litː ' both hands closed')

11. ben tuh-amulik  (litː 'hand-closed one')

12. ben tuh-ɡiɡer     (litː 'hand-closed two')

13. ben tuh-ezeʔman (litː 'hand-closed three')

14. ben tuh-aweweʔ  (litː 'hand-closed four')

15. ben tuh-abaynaɡin (litː 'hand five')

16. ben tuh-amulik   (litː 'hand five one')

17. ben tuh-ɡiɡer      (litː 'hand five two')

18. ben tuh-ezeʔman (litː 'hand five three')

19. ben tuh-aweweʔ  (litː 'hand five four')

20. ben sen-tuh   (litː 'hand leg closed')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mark Hepner, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 24, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mark Hepner, 2011 年 3 月 24 日.

Other comments: Bargam is spoken by approximately 4,000 speakers in Madang district, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. Bargam has numerals from one to five. The traditional way of counting in numbers above 5 involve naming one or both hands and feet and adding numerals through five as illustrated above. Although all speakers are familiar with the

Bargam numbers one through five, most prefer to count in Tok Pisin, especially for numbers above five. Traditional counting data supplied by Joachim Balim of Beraniz village. Alternate expressions in parentheses provided by Sireo Husam of Subar village.