Language name and locationː Kapin, Papua New Guinea [Refer to: Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区卡宾语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内罗省内陆穆蒙地区  

 

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.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

 

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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