Language name and locationː Dobu, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 多布语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省当特尔卡斯托群岛  

1. ʔebwuna / ʔebweu

2. ʔeluwa

3. ʔetoi

4. ʔata

5. nima (lit: 'hand')

6. nima ta ebweu ( 5 + 1 )

7. nima ta eluwa  ( 5 + 2 )

8. nima ta etoi     ( 5 + 3 )

9. nima ta ata      ( 5 + 4 )

10. sanau

11. sanau ta ebweu(na)

12. sanau ta eluwa

13. sanau ta etoi

14. sanau ta ata

15. sanau ta nima

16. sanau ta nima ebweu

17. sanau ta nima eluwa

18. sanau ta nima etoi

19. sanau ta nima ata

20. toʔebweu ('one man') / ebweu tomotoi ('one man')

40  tomoluwa ('persons two')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Lithgow, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 10, 1991.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. David Lithgow. 1991 年 3 月 10 日.

Other comments: Dobu has a quinary counting system. Now the preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 20 may still be used frequently now. The word toʔebweu or ebweu tomotoi means 'one man'. 40 is tomoluwa.

Dobu or Dobuan is spoken by about 10,000 speakers in D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a lingua franca for in D'Entrecasteaux Islands.