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

语言名称和分布地区: 德杜亚语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. moʔɡu

2. joʔoʔkaŋ

3. ʔarebeʔ / ʔarebeʔkaŋ (litː ''two only'')

4. neak͡paʔ / joʔoʔ ŋa joʔoʔ ( litː ''two and two'')

5. marimoŋ  (litː ''hand one'') from five up used Pidgin numbers now

6. marimoŋ ŋa moʔɡu

7. marimoŋ ŋa joʔoʔ

8. marimoŋ ŋa ʔarebeʔ

9. marimoŋ ŋa neak͡paʔ

10. mari joʔoʔkaŋ (litː ''hands two'')

11. mari joʔoʔkaŋ moʔɡu

12. mari joʔoʔkaŋ joʔoʔ

13. mari joʔoʔkaŋ ʔarebeʔ

14. mari joʔoʔkaŋ neak͡paʔ

15. mari joʔoʔ ŋa hani mɔŋ

16. mari joʔoʔ ŋa hani mɔŋ ŋa moʔɡu (litː ''hands two and leg one'')

17. mari joʔoʔ ŋa hani mɔŋ ŋa joʔoʔ

18. mari joʔoʔ ŋa hani mɔŋ ŋa ʔarebeʔ

19. mari joʔoʔ ŋa hani mɔŋ ŋa neak͡paʔ

20. ŋaʔ moŋ (litː '''man one'') or mari joʔoʔ ŋa hani joʔoʔ (''hands two and legs two'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Sune Cedar through Miss Joyce Wood, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, October 3, 2008. 

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Sune Cedar, 2008 年 10 月 3 日.

Other comments: Dedua is spoken by approximately 6,000 speakers in Sialum district,

Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The Dedua people has a traditional digit-tally counting system up to twenty. The number words from 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'mari'. The number word for 15 contain a 'leg' morpheme 'hani' ad has the gloss 'hands two and leg one'. The number word for 20 was given as either 'ŋi moŋ', i.e. 'man one', or as 'joʔoʔ ŋa hani joʔoʔ', i.e. 'hands two and legs two'. However, they have only five recorded words for numbers now. As for numerals after five I discussed it with a coworker. She did not know about if it ever had existed. It seems as they had used translated numerals from the Kâte language some years in the history bud genuine Dedua numerals she was not aware about. Nowadays the Dedua people use Pidgin English numerals.