Language name and location: Kombai, Papua province, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 孔拜语, 印度尼西亚巴布亚省阿斯马特县地区

1. raɡa  (litː 'little finger')

2. raɡa raɡu  (litː 'ring finger')

3. woro raɡu (litː 'middle finger')

4. woro  (litː 'index finger')

5. abalo  (litː 'thumb')

6. ɡõ  (litː 'wrist')

7. khani  (litː 'lower arm')

8. iɡabu (litː 'elbow')

9. rafe  (litː 'upper arm')

10. dodou (litː 'shoulder')

11. ruro (litː 'ear')

12. khabiyã  (litː '(top of the) head'). The head is the turning point after which the counting goes down again via the right-hand side of the body, by adding the word imofo 'other side' to the numbers.

13. imofo ruro (litː 'ear on the other side')

14. imofo dodou (litː 'shoulder on the other side')

15. imofo rafe (litː 'upper arm on the other side')

16. imofo iɡabu (litː 'elbow on the other side')

17. imofo khani (litː 'lower arm on the other side')

18. imofo ɡõ (litː 'wrist on the other side')

19. imofo abalo (litː 'thumb on the other side')

20. imofo woro (litː 'index finger on the other side')

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Lourens Jan de Vries, Afd. Taal en  Communicatie Letteren, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands, February 3, 2010.

Reference source: 1995a, 'Numeral systems of the Awyu language family of Irian Jaya'. In: Journal of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, BKI 150-III, 540-567.

提供资料的语言 学家: Prof. Lourens Jan de Vries, 2010 年 2 月 3 日.

Other comments: Kombai is spoken by approximately 4,000 speakers in Asmat regency, between upper Wideman and Digul rivers, Papua province, Indonesia. Kombai has a body tally system, employs the fingers, parts of the arm and the head. Counting is accompanied by touching the relevant body-part with the middle finger or index finger; the little finger of the left hand is the starting point ( this is the usual starting point, and the head is the turning point, after which the counting goes down again via the right-hand side of the body, by adding the word imofo 'on the other side' to the numbers.