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

语言名称和分布地区: 博伊肯语, 巴布亚新几内亚东锡皮克省

1. nɑvɑ

2. iɾik

3. nuŋulik

4. nemɑnje

5. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ

6. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nɑvɑ (5+1)

7. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ iɾik   (5+2)

8. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nuŋulik (5+3)

9. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nemɑnje  (5+4)

10. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ (5+5)

11. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nɑvɑ (5+5)

12. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ iɾik 

13. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nuŋulik  

14. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nemɑnje 

15. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ (5+5+5)

16. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nɑvɑ 

17. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ iɾik 

18. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nuŋulik 

19. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ nemɑnje   

20. wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ wɑŋɾɑmbɑ (5+5+5+5)

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Grace Wavimbukie, Linguistics student,  University of Goroka, through Mr. Ray Stegeman, SIL-PNG, November 14, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Miss Grace Wavimbukie, 2011 年 11 月 14 日.

Other comments: Boikin is spoken by approximately 35,000 speakers with seven dialects in Yangoru district, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. The above data is taken from Yangoru dialect. The words for 5, `0, 15 and 20 each contain a 'hand' morpheme 'ɾɑmbɑ' and have the meaning of 'hand one', 'hands two', hands three'' and hands four' respectively. Some dialect information gave 20 as 'man one' 'tuo mi nɑvɑ'.