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

语言名称和分布地区: 雅特穆尔语, 巴布亚新几内亚东锡皮克省锡皮河流域地区

1. kɨta

21.  ndumikɨtakjeɾikɨta

2. βɨɾɨɾɨk

22.  ndumikɨtakjeɾiβɾi

3. kuβul

23.  ndumikɨtakjeɾikuβul

4. ai̯nak

24.  ndumikɨtakjeɾiai̯nak

5. tambanak  (lit: ''one hand'')

25.  ndumikɨtakjeɾitambanak

6. siɾakɨta     (lit: ''plus one'')

26.  ndumikɨtakjeɾisiɾakɨta 

7. siɾaβɾi       (lit: ''plus two'')

27.  ndumikɨtakjeɾisiɾaβɾi

8. siɾakuβul   (lit: ''plus three'')

28.  ndumikɨtakjeɾisiɾakuβul

9. siɾaai̯nak   (lit: ''plus four'')

29.  ndumikɨtakjeɾisiɾaai̯nak

10. tambaβɾi  (lit: ''two hands'')

30.  ndumikɨtakjeɾitambaβɾi *

11. tambaβɾikjeɾikɨta

40.  ndumiβɾi  (lit: ''two whole men'')

12. tambaβɾikjeɾiβɾi

50.  ndumiβɾikjeɾitambaβɾi

13. tambaβɾikjeɾikuβul

60.  ndumikuβul  (lit: ''three whole men'')

14. tambaβɾikjeɾiai̯nak

70.  ndumikuβulkjeɾi

15. tambaβɾikjeɾitambanak

80.  ndumiai̯nak  (lit: ''four whole men'')

16. tambaβɾikjeɾisiɾakɨta

90.  ndumiai̯nakkjeɾitambaβɾi

17. tambaβɾikjeɾisiɾaβɾi

100. ndumitambanak (lit: ''five whole men'')

18. tambaβɾikjeɾisiɾakuβul

200. ndumitambaβɾi

19. tambaβɾikjeɾisiɾaai̯nak

20. ndumikɨta (lit: ''one man-wood'') *

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Gerd Jendraschek, Department of Linguistics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, September 25, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Gerd Jendraschek, 2008 年 9 月 25 日.

Other comments: Iatmul is spoken by approximately 8,000 speakers in Ambunti and Angoram districts, Sepik river, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. Iatmul has a traditional counting system based on 'five' and 'twenty'. Number five is 'one hand', means 'and' or 'plus; ten is 'two hands' ( βɾi and βɨɾɨɾɨk are allomorphs); 'ten' ndumikɨta means 'one-wood', or 'a whole man (fingers plus toes). Note that Tok Pisin / English numbers are used above five most of the time. Many People get confused with the difference between the decimal of English and the vigesimal of Iatmul, and mix them up.