Language name and location: Kanasi, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡纳斯语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

1. deʔa

2. nata

3. nata deʔa (''two plus one'')

4. nata ita nata (''two plus two'')

5. wita deʔa (litː ''hand one '')                          

6. wita deʔa ita wita deʔa

7. wita deʔa ita wita nata 

8. wita deʔa ita wita

9. wita deʔa ita wita

10. wita nata (litː ''hands two'')

11. wita nata, wa uraupa deʔa 

12. wita nata, wa uraupa nata

13. wita nata, wa uraupa nata deʔa

14. wita nata, wa uraupa nata ita nata

15. wita nata, wa deʔa 

Linguist providing data and dateː Bodger Waiapana & Mariela Del Pozzzi through

Ms. Karla Sligh Watt, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. October 26, 2011. 

提供资料的语言学家: Bodger Waiapana & Mariela Del Pozzzi. 2011 年 10 月 26 日.

Other comments: Kanasi is spoken by approximately 2,400 speakers in Rabaraba district, Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea. The Kanasi or Sona numbering system is only used as far as '15'. After that they simply say ‘wara’ (‘many’). Nowadays, if they need to count beyond that, they use English numbers. In contemporary practice, they also often use the English counting system for numbers beyond five, rather than the Kanasi numbers.