Language name and location: Kâte, Papua New Guinea [Refer toː Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡特语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省胡安半岛东部芬什港附近

1. moʔ yahaʔ

2. yayaheʔ

3. yaheʔ a moʔ   (2+1)

4. yaheʔ a yaheʔ (2+2)

5. me moʔ (litː ''hand one'')

6. me moʔ a moʔ

7. me moʔ a yaheʔ

8. me moʔ a yaheʔ a moʔ

9. me moʔ a yaheʔ a yaheʔ

10. me yayaheʔ (litː ''hands two'')

11. me yayaheʔ a moʔ

12. me yayaheʔ a yaheʔ

13. me yayaheʔ a yaheʔ a moʔ

14. me yayaheʔ a yaheʔ a yaheʔ

15. me yayaheʔ a kike moʔ

16. me yayaheʔ a kike moʔ a moʔ

17. me yayaheʔ a kike moʔ a yaheʔ

18. me yayaheʔ a kike moʔ a yaheʔ a moʔ

19. me yayaheʔ a kike moʔ a yaheʔ a yaheʔ

20. ŋiʔ moʔ (litː ''man one'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Ken McElhanon. SIL International, June 10, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Ken McElhanon, 2011 年 6 月 10 日.

Other comments: Kâte is spoken by approximately 60,000 speakers in Finschhafen district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. Kâte has a digit-tally counting system with a basic numeral set (1, 2); 3 has a '2 plus 1' construction and 4 has a '2 plus 2' construction. The number words for 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'me'. 15 with constructions '5 x (2+1)' and 20 is expressed by 'man one'.