Language name and locationː Hamtai, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]

语言名称和分布地区: 汉泰语, 巴布亚新几内亚海湾省和莫罗贝省

1. fʌti / fʌtinʌ  (lit: 'one' or 'only one', 1 finger-the thumb)

2. hivɑʔu  (lit: 'two fingers', the thumb and forefinger)

3. hivɑʔu fʌti ( lit: 'two one', 3 fingers )

4. hivɑʔu hivɑʔu  (lit: 'two two', 4 fingers)

5. feʔʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu [lit: 'hand a side (hand implied) all', all (fingers) on the hands

    one one side) 

6. feʔʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ fʌti [lit: 'hand a side all another side two, all (fingers)

    on one side hand one on the other']

7. feʔʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu [lit: 'hand a side all another side two, all

   (fingers) on one side hand two on the other']

8. feʔʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu fʌti (litː 'all one one hand three on the other')

9. feʔʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu hivɑʔu (litː 'all one one hand four on the other')

10. feʔʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu  [litː 'hand side all other side all, all on one

     side hand and all on the other') or feʔʌ ʌqʌpvɑʔu ʌqʌpu (lit: 'all fingers on one

     hand all one other']

11. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ fʌtinʌ [litː 'fingers all side foot one (toe implied)', all on

     fingers and one toe (toe implied) on a side foot']

12. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu [lit: 'all fingers and two toes on a (one) foot']

13. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu fʌti (lit: 'all fingers and three toes on a foot')

14. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu hivɑʔu (lit: 'all fingers and four toes on a foot')

15. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hotɔɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu ('all fingers and all toes on one foot')

16. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ fʌtinʌ [litː 'all fingers and all toes one one

     side(foot) and one toe on the other side (foot)']

17. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu [litː 'all fingers and all toes on one

     side(foot) and two toes on the other side']

18. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu fʌti [litː 'all fingers and all toes on

     one side and three toes on the other side']

19. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ hʌtoɑŋʌ ʌqʌpu hʌtoɑŋʌ hivɑʔu hivɑʔu [litː 'all fingers and all toes

     on one side and four toes on the other side']

20. feʔʌ ʌqʌpu yʌŋʌ ʌqʌpu [litː 'all fingers and all toes')

      ʌuntɑnqʌ yɑʔɑ nininqʌ (litː 'from there plenty more...')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Tom Palmer, New Tribes Mission (NTM), Papua New Guinea. June 6, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Tom Palmer, 2011 年 6 月 6 日.

Other comments: Hamtai is spoken by about 45,000 speakers in Gulf province and Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The Hamtai counting system is a digit-tally one with a basic numeral set (1, 2). The numerals 3 and 4 are formed by '2 plus 1' and '2 plus 2'). The number words for 5 and 10 contain a word 'feʔa' which is the morpheme for 'arm', 'hand' and 'finger; 'yʌŋʌ' is the morpheme for 'leg', foot' and 'toe'. Then the tallying proceeds on toes and up to 20. Note that the 'q' on the above table is a phonemic symbols for the uvular stop.