Language name and location: Kwerba, Papua province, Indonesia [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 奎尔巴语, 印度尼西亚巴布亚省地区

1. abɛrias

2. nenumʷano

3. ɪ̌sini

4. ɪ̌sinimaro  (litː ''2 + 2'')

5. matantac ( litː 'this hand')  * c = [tʃ]

6. matantac abɛrias

7. matantac nenumʷano

8. matantac ɪ̌sini

9. matantac ɪ̌sinimaro

10. matantac matantac (litː 'this hand, this hand')

11. matantac matantac abɛrias or (matan) tenica abɛrias (litː 'this foot, one')

12. matantac matantac nenumʷano or (matan) tenica abɛrias nenumʷano

13. matantac matantac ɪ̌sini or (matan) tenica abɛrias ɪ̌sini

14. matantac matantac ɪ̌sinimaro or (matan) tenica abɛrias ̌sinimaro

15. matantac matantac matantac mantan tenica or

     matan tenicaba (burukwe) [litː 'this foot (all)']

16. tenic awotan abɛrias (litː 'foot other one')

17. tenic awotan nenumʷano

18. tenic awotan ɪ̌sini

19. tenic awotan ɪ̌sinimaro

20. abacaba abɛriasaba (litː 'man one') or anaba abɛriasaba (litː 'man one')

30. abacaba abɛriasaba bar matantac matantac, 40. matantac nenumʷano

100. abacaba matantacaba or seratus (<Bahasa Indonesia)

1000. seribu (<Bahasa Indonesia)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. James A. De Vries, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia, data collected from 1980. Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia. June 16, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. James A. De Vries, 2011 年 6 月 16 日.

Other comments: Kwerba may have a counting system up to 20 (one man) and use this way up to 100. Other tens are as belowː

50. abacaba nenumʷano bar matantac matanta (litː 'two person and ten'), 60. abacaba ɪ̌sini, 70. abacaba ɪ̌sini bar matantac matanta, 80. abacaba ɪ̌sinimaroba, 90. abacaba ɪ̌sinimaroba bar matantac matanta

Numbering system traditionally used in face to face situations of trade and exchange where everything is visually verified by pointing. Thus the apparent flexibility in the vocabulary variations for numbers over 10. Bahasa Indonesia is usually used for numerals over ten apparently due to the length of the variant vocabulary strings.

Numbering is started out using the whole right hand as a pointer touching the left hand digits beginning with the small pinkie finger (1), then on to the right hand (6-10), left foot beginning with the small toe (11), and then to the small toe of the left foot (16).

Note that the symbol <c> is = IPA [tʃ]. Kwerba is spoken by about 2,500 speakers

in Apiaweti, Aurime, Munukania, Tatsewalem, and Wamariri villages in Apauwer river headwaters, Papua province, Indonesia.

Language name and location: Kwerba, Papua province, Indonesia [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 奎尔巴语, 印度尼西亚巴布亚省地区

1. abɛrias

2. nenumʷano

3. ɪsini

4. ɪsini maro  (litː '2 + 2')

5. matantac (litː 'hand' ?)

6. matantac abɛrias

7. matantac nenumʷano

8. matantac ɪsini

9. matantac ɪsinimaro

10. matantac matantac

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Heljä Clouse, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Indonesia, May 10, 1989.

提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Heljä Clouse, 1989 年 5 月 10 日

Other comments: Kwerba may have a counting system up to 20.