Language name and location: Dla (Dera), Indonesia, PNG [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 德拉语 (蒙瓜德拉语), 印尼巴布亚省及新几内亚交界地区

1. mamo [mamʊ]

2. imbu / ibu [iᵐmbu]

3. imbumamo [iᵐbumamʊ] ( litː 2 + 1 )

4. barala (litː index finger )

5. hwila [xʷila ] ( litː 'thumb' )

6. laria ( litː 'wrist' )

7. wala-tapa ( litː 'lower arm') 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Hilário de Sousa, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands, February 6, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Hilário de Sousa, 2009 年 2 月 6 日.

Other comments: Dla or Menggwa Dla or Dera has a simple system of counting system, the words for 1, 2 and 3 are only used as numerals, whereas the words for 4 to 12 are names of body parts. There are no numerals above 12. Native numerals above 3 or(depending on the speaker) are rarely used: usually numerals in Tok Pisin and /or Papuan Malay / Indonesian are used instead. Dla is spoken by about 300 speakers in 13 villages on Papua New Guinea border, Keerom regency, Papua province, Indonesia (de Sousa 2006). 240 Dla, 60 Menggwa Dla in Indonesia and in some speakers in Papua New Guinea. All Dla speakers: 1,200 (de Sousa 2006). Total users in all countries: 1,200.