Language name and location: Mali, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 马利语, 巴布亚新几内亚东新不列颠省东北端加泽尔半岛东部

1. asəɡək

21.  aɾuɣa ma tɛmɡa da səɡək

2. aunɡiɔm

22.  aɾuɣa ma tɛmɡa da aunɡiɔm

3. adəβauŋ

23.  aɾuɣa ma tɛmɡa da adəβauŋ

4. alɛβaβɛt

24.  aɾuɣa ma tɛmɡa da alɛβaβɛt

5. aŋəɹɪkβɛt (from 'hand' aŋə=tik-βɛt)

25. 

6. aŋəɹɪkβɛt da səɡək      (5+1)

26. 

7. aŋəɹɪkβɛt da aunɡiɔm  (5+2)

27. 

8. aŋəɹɪkβɛt da adəβauŋ  (5+3)

28. 

9. aŋəɹɪkβɛt da alɛβaβɛt  (5+4)

29. 

10. aŋəɹɪkisəm

30.  aɾuɣa ma tɛmɡa da aŋəɹkisəm

11. aŋəɹɪkisəm da səɡək

40.  aɾuiɔm ma tɛmiɔm

12. aŋəɹɪkisəm da aunɡiɔm

50.  aɾuiɔm ma tɛmiɔm da aŋəɹkisəm

13. aŋəɹɪkisəm da adəβauŋ

60.  aɾu atɛm ama dɛβauŋ

14. aŋəɹɪkisəm da alɛβaβɛt

70.  aɾu atɛm ama dɛβauŋ da aŋəɹkisəm

15. aŋəɹɪkisəm da aləɣaraβɛt

80.  aɾu atɛm ama lɛβaβɛt

16. aŋəɹɪkisəm da aləɣaraβɛt da səɡək

90.   aɾu atɛm ama lɛβaβɛt da aŋəɹkisəm

17. aŋəɹɪkisəm da aləɣaraβɛt da aunɡiɔm

100. ailɔtka

18. aŋəɹɪkisəm da aləɣaraβɛt da adəβauŋ

200. ailɔɹiɔm

19. aŋəɹɪkisəm da aləɣaraβɛt da alɛβaβɛt

300. ailɔt ama dəβauŋ

20. aɾuɣa ma tɛmɡa

1000. aɹɛβuska

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Tonya Stebbins, Department of Linguistics, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia, September 8, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Tonya Stebbins, 2008 年 9 月 8 日.

Other comments: Mali has a vigesimal system. The numbers 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four' and 'five' are simple numbers; as are the numbers 'ten', twenty', 'one hundred' and 'one thousand'. The number 'five' is formed on the stem for 'hand'. The number 'fifteen' is formed by adding two hands and one leg, while 'twenty' is the phrase 'a whole person'. The term for one hundred is ailɔtka, this stem means 'image' or 'picture'. The term for 'one thousand ' is based on the noun stem for 'head' aɹɛβuski. Other numbers are built up from these basic elements. Other 'tens' are built up from 'twenty'ː 'thirty' using the relator ma where multiple of twenty are requiredː  'forty' is 'two whole person, but the masculine dual noun class marker is optional in more complex numbers (sixty, seventy, eighty and ninety ). Nowadays, numbers up to 'ten' are used in everyday discourse but higher numbers are often replaces by Tok Pisin terms. Mali is spoken by about 5,000 speakers in east Gazelle peninsula, East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea.