Language name and locationː Dem, Papua, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 德姆语, 印度尼西亚西巴布亚省西部高地地区

1. zaɡanɡ

2. uɡwanɡ  (litː 'two')

3. zoɡo (litː 'three')

4. nɡe uɡwanɡ-nɡe uɡwanɡ (litː 'those two')

5. zaɡan zi aɡabut (lit: 'all folded down of one hand, (a rather free translation)

6. zaɡan zi zaɡanɡ (lit: 'the folded down hand and one')

7. zaɡan zi uɡwanɡ (lit: 'the folded down hand and two')

8. zaɡan zi zoɡo (lit: 'the folded down hand and three')

9. zaɡan zi nɡe uɡwanɡ-nɡe uɡwanɡ  (lit: 'the folded down hand and four')

10. naɡak aɡabut (lit: 'all fingers', or both hands')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Gordon Larson, The Christian and Missionary Alliance, USA, November 30, 2014. Data recorded based on field notes taken while in the Pina Valley, Papua Indonesia for 12 days in 1972.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Gordon Larson, 2014 年 11 月 30 日.

Other comments: Dem is spoken by about 1,000 speakers in Western highlands,

Papua province, Indonesia. The above data was recorded based on field notes taken while in the Pina Valley, Papua Indonesia for 12 days in 1972. As I recall, Dem speakers, when counting, do so by folding the little finger down for 'one', then the fourth finger for 'two', followed by the middle, first and thumb for 'three, four, five. Then keeping the fingers and thumb folded down with one hand, proceed to the other hand and fold down from its little finger through to the thumb for the numerals 6 through 10. For numbers higher than 10, or even higher than 5, like for Lani, I assume most Dem speakers today would count in Indonesian.

Note: I am uncertain as to the exact translation of these numerals into English.