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

语言名称和分布地区: 伊皮科语, 巴布亚新几内亚海湾省

1. dapo

2. meahi

3. meipa

4. memeahi 

5. vea'umu-hino "with thumb"

6. pipini-hino "with wrist"

7. unu-hino "with elbow"

8. beno-hino "with shoulder"

9. hovo-hino "with breast"

10. bita-hino "breastbone"

11. avo-hovo "other breast"

12. avo-beno "other shoulder"

13. avo-unu "other elbow" 

14. avo-pipini "other wrist"

15. avo-vea'umu "other thumb"

16. vea'umu-iki'a-doho'i "middle one beside thumb"

17. duva doho'i "middle one older brother" 

18. memege iki'a doho'i "middle one beside little finger"

19.  memege "little finger" 

20. ibaa "throw it down / put it aside / sell it" 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Robbie Petterson, SIL PNG, Papua New Guinea., October 4, 2023

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Robbie Petterson, 2023 年 10 月 4 日.

Other comments: Ipiko is spoken by about 600 speakers in Ipiko and Pahemuba villages on Pie river beyond Baimuru, Gulf province, Papua New Guinea. Ipko has a digit-tally system up to twenty. They mainly use English and Tok Pisin numerals, so they have been forgetting their traditional ones.

Ipiko Numbers
When counting they start with the left hand and little finger, folding it over as they count it. Then, going thru fingers to thumb, they go up the left arm, across the chest and down the right arm, passing along fingers from thumb to little finger (19).
There are two dialects, Ibigo and Eva. Up to 20, both go like this:
0 ka'ema
1 dapo
2 meahi
3 meipa
4 memeahi
5 vea'umu-hino "with thumb"
6 pipini-hino "with wrist"
7 unu-hino "with elbow"
8 beno-hino "with shoulder"
9 hovo-hino "with breast"
10 bita-hino "breastbone"
11 avo-hovo "other breast"
12 avo-beno "other shoulder"
13 avo-unu "other elbow"
14 avo-pipini "other wrist"
15 avo-vea'umu "other thumb"
16 vea'umu-iki'a-doho'i "middle one beside thumb"
17 duva doho'i "middle one older brother"
18 memege iki'a doho'i "middle one beside little finger"
19 memege "little finger"
20 ibaa "throw it down / put it aside / sell it"

Beyond 20, Ibigo goes like this
21 memege ibara dapo, dapo "little finger thrown down, one"
22 memege ibara dapo, meahi
23 memege ibara dapo, meipa
24 memege ibara dapo, memeahi
25 memege ibara dapo, vea'umu-hino
26 memege ibara dapo, pipini-hino
27 memege ibara dapo, unu-hino
28 memege ibara dapo, beno-hino
29 memege ibara dapo, hovo-hino
30 memege ibara dapo, bita-hino
31 memege ibara dapo, avo-hovo
32 memege ibara dapo, avo-beno
33 memege ibara dapo, avo-unu
34 memege ibara dapo, avo-pipini
35 memege ibara dapo, avo-vea'umu
36 memege ibara dapo, vea'umu-iki'a-doho'i
37 memege ibara dapo, duva doho'i
38 memege ibara dapo, memege iki'a doho'i
39 memege ibara dapo, memege
40 memege ibara meahi
41 memege ibara meahi, dapo
...
The Eva dialect has a slightly different way of doing multiples of 20:
40 ivogimera meahi "already counted two"
60 ivogimera meipa "already counted three"
80 ivogimera memeahi
100 ivogimera vea'umu-hino

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

语言名称和分布地区: 伊皮科语, 巴布亚新几内亚海湾省

1. dapo / dapo

2. meahi

3. meipa

4. memeahi

5. vea'umuhino (← vea'umu "thumb")

6. pipinihino (← pipini "forearm")

7. unuhino (← unu "elbow")

8. benohino (← beno "upper arm")

9. hovohino (← hovo "breast")

10. bitahino (← bita "breast bone")

11. avobita

12. avohovo

13. avobeno

14. avounu

15. avopipini

16. avovea’umuhino

17. avoikiadohoi

18. ?

19. memege ikiadohoi

20. memege

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Zurab Baratashvili, PhD Student, School of Culture, History and Language, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. December 28, 2019.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Zurab Baratashvili. 2019 年 12 月 28 日.

Other comments: Ipiko is spoken by about 600 speakers in Ipiko and Pahemuba villages on Pie river beyond Baimuru, Gulf province, Papua New Guinea. Ipko has a digit-tally system up to twenty. They mainly use English and Tok Pisin numerals, so they have been forgetting their traditional ones.