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

语言名称和分布地区: 达加语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省, 米内贝省及奥罗省

1. daiton

21.  apunu daiton daitonawa

2. dere

22.  apunu daiton derewa

3. yampo

23.  apunu daiton yampoa

4. deɡede

24.  apunu daiton deɡedeawa

5. nani yampunaet

25.  apunu daiton nani yampunaet

6. nani yampunaet daitonawa  (5+1)

26.  apunu daiton nani yamp. daitonawa

7. nani yampunaet derewa       (5+2)

27.  apunu daiton nani yampunaet derewa

8. nani yampunaet yampoa      (5+3)

28.  apunu daiton nani yampunaet yampoa 

9. nani yampunaet deɡedeawa (5+4)

29.  apunu daiton nani yamp. deɡedeawa

10. aonaɡaet

30.  apunu daiton aonaɡaetawa

11. aonaɡaet daiton

40.  apunu dere

12. aonaɡaet dere

50.  apunu yampo aonaɡaetawa

13. aonaɡaet yampo

60.  apunu yampo

14. aonaɡaet deɡede

70.  apunu yampo aonaɡaetawa

15. aonaɡaet pusiwa

80.  apunu deɡede

16. aonaɡaet pusiwa daitonawa

90.  apunu deɡede aonaɡaetawa

17. aonaɡaet pusiwa derewa

100. apunu nani yampunaet

18. aonaɡaet pusiwa yampoa

200. apunu aonaɡaet

19. aonaɡaet pusiwa deɡedeawa

1000. apunu nani yamunaet

20. apunu daiton

2000. apunu aonaɡaet aonaɡaetawa

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Daniel Jesudason through Mr. Ray Stegeman,

SIL-International, Papua New Guinea, September 6, 2010. Reference: Lean, Glendon A. "Counting Systems of Papua New Guinea", Volume 7, Central Province, 2nd Edition, 1991.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Daniel Jesudason. 2010 年 9 月 6 日

Other comments: Daga is spoken by approximately 9,000 speakers in Central province, Milne Bay province and Oro province: some southeast, Papua New Guinea. The Daga counting system, displays a modified 2-cycle, i.e., there are three distinct words for the first three numerals and the numeral 4 has a  '2 + 2' construction. The number word for 5, 'nani yampunaet', means 'hand other-only' where 'nani' is the 'hand' morpheme. The number words for 6 to 9 have a '5 + n construction where 'n' taken the value 1 to 4 respectively. The number word for 10, 'aonaɡaet', has the meaning 'up only' and indicates that finger tallying is completed. Therefore, tallying proceeds to the toes and the number word for 11, 'aonaɡaet daiton', has the meaning 'up only foot-my one'. The number word for 16 'aonaɡaet pusiwa daitonawa', has the meaning 'up-only foot-my other one'. Once tallying of toes is completed at 20 we have 'apunu daiton' which contains the morpheme for man 'apane'.