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

语言名称和分布地区: 孔巴语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. kənok ~ konok

2. zaɣat

3. karambut 

4. kimembut

5. bet nambut  (litː ''hand side'') *

6. namburan kənok (litː ''hand side side, one'') 

7. namburan zaɣat

8. namburan karambut

9. namburan kimembut

10. bet zaɣat  (litː ''hand two'') ~ bet nambul nambul (litː ''hand side side'')

11. kin kənok (litː ''foot one'')

12. kin zaɣat

13. kin karambut

14. kin kimembut

15. kin bet nambut

16. kin namburan kənok (litː ''foot one, hand side side, one'')

17. kin namburan zaɣat

18. kin namburan karambut

19. kin namburan kimembut

20. a kənok (litː ''man one'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Neville Southwell, SIL-International, Papua New Guinea, June 13, 2011.
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Neville Southwell, 2011 年 6 月 13 日.

Other comments: Komba is spoken by approximately in Kabwum district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The Komba system is a digit-tally one with a basic numeral set (1,2, 3, 4). The number word for 5 and 10 both contain the word for 'hand', 'bet'; 5 is 'bet nambut', i.e. 'hand side', and 10 is 'bet nambut nambut', i.e. 'hand side side' or 'bet number nambut' i.e. 'hand this side that side', or 'bet zaɣat', i.e. 'hands two'. The number words for 11 to 19 each contain a 'foot' morpheme 'kin; and the word for 20, however, is ' a kənok', i.e. 'man one', where 'a' is the man' morpheme. The variant forms for five  (bet nambut) and (batnambut) derive from the former. The latter is very common in everyday speech. In the variant forms – (nambut/namburan - for (other) side) the basic form is (''nambut''). With the locative suffix “– an” added it becomes (''namburan'')  A shortened  “nambu” form is at times encountered. Note the spelling of the variant in the older data list at 10 needs to be corrected to read (bet nambut nambut – for hands side side). Word final ''t''s to replace the ''l''s.