Language
name and locationː Kapin,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to: Ethnologue] |
1. ti |
21. mepie ti me lak ti |
2. yu / yuv |
22. mepie ti me lak yuv |
3. yal / yar |
23. mepie ti me lak yar |
4. vei |
24. mepie ti me lak vei |
5. lim (lit: 'hand' ) |
25. mepie ti me lak lim |
6. lima sakti ( 5 + 1 ) |
26. mepie ti me lak limasek ti |
7. lima sakayu ( 5 + 2 ) |
27. mepie ti me lak limasek yuv |
8. lima sakyal ( 5 + 3 ) |
28. mepie ti me lak limasek yar |
9. lima sakvei ( 5 + 4 ) |
29. mepie ti me lak limasek vei |
10. omin |
30. mepie ti me lak omin |
11. omin tedem ti * |
40. mepie yuv ( 20 x 2 ) |
12. omin tedem yu |
50. mepie yuv lak omin |
13. omin tedem yar |
60. mepie yar ( 20 x 3 ) |
14. omin tedem vei |
70. mepie yar lak omin |
15. omin tedem lim |
80. mepie yar ( 20 x 4 ) |
16. omin tedem limasek ti |
90. mepie yar lak omin |
17. omin tedem limasek yuv |
100. vaɣak ti |
18. omin tedem limasek yar |
200. vaɣak yuv |
19. omin tedem limasek vei |
1000. vaɣak omin |
20. mepie ti (lit: 'one person') |
2000. vaɣak mepie ti |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, The University
of Technology, Lae, Papua
New Guinea, December 12, 1988. |
Other comments: Kapin has a quinary-vigesimal system. The word five is derived from 'hand' but the origin for ten 'omin' is unclear; twenty is expressed by ''omin ti'', 'man one'. Nowadays, people only use the traditional numbers from 1 to 5. They would mostly use English (Tok Pisin) these days. Kapin is spoken by about 2,400 speakers in Bulolo and Mumeng districts; hills southwest of Mumeng, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Note: Kapin numerals from 11 up to 2000 was provided by Kapin speaker: Mr. Donald Mete at Kapin village 2 in 2002. |
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