Language name and location: Djingili (Jingulu) Australia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 金吉里语 (金古鲁语), 澳大利亚北部

1. kunɡkubarnu / kuŋkubaɳu /

2. kujkarrarni /kuɟkaraɳi /

3. murrkunbala /murkunbala /

4. kujkarrarni-kujkarrarni ( 2 + 2 )

5. marndamarnda /maɳɖamaɳɖa/  

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Paul Black, School of Australian Linguistics, Northern Territory, Australia, September 17, 2012.

Sourceː  Pensilfini, Robert J., 1997, Jingulu Grammar, Texts and Dictionary, PhD thesis

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Paul Black, 2012 年 9 月 17 日.

Other comments: Jingulu or Djingili has only four words for numbers 1 to 4. While the number for ‘4’ seems to be based on reduplicating that for ‘2’, it is also true that the word for ‘5’ (marndamarnda) is also the normal word for ‘hand’, but it nonetheless does seem to mean ‘5’. Checking the Jingulu part of the dictionary I see that it is based on a feminine form of the adjective: here the number ‘2’ is listed as ‘kujkarrarni (Adj m) (also kujkarrana (m), kujkarrinarni, kujkarruna (f, n)’. [Here m = masculine, f = feminine, n = neuter.] Note that there is no voicing distinction in Jingulu (as with most other Australian languages) so that stops can be voiced or voiceless depending on environment.