Language name and location: Mehek, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 梅赫克语, 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省托里切利山脉地区

1. ⁿdɪɹ'ambʊɹ

21.  (20+1)

2. 'lasif, 'lisif  *

22.  (20+2)

3. 'lasifɪɹˌⁿdin, 'lisifɪɹˌⁿdin

23.  (20+3)

4. 'lasiˌfu 'lasiˌfu, 'lisiˌfu 'lisiˌfu

24.  (20+4)

5. 'joko 'ⁿdaᵐbe 'lesu, 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu

25.  unknown, perhaps Tok Pisin numbers

6. 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu ⁿdɪɹ'ambʊɹ

7. 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu 'lasif

8. 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu 'lasifɪɹˌⁿdin

9. 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu 'lasiˌfu 'lasiˌfu

10. 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu 'joko 'lesʊ 'ᵐbutu   

11. (10+1)

12. (10+2)

13. (10+3)  

14. (10+4)

15. (10+'joko 'suwa 'ᵐbutu)

16. (15+1)

17. (15+2)

18. (15+3)

19. (15+4)

20. (15+'joko 'suwa 'ᵐbutu)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Adam Hatfield, Department of Linguistics, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA. February 8, 2011.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Adam Hatfield, 2011 年 2 月 8 日.

Other comments: Mehek is spokne by approximately 6,000 speakers in Nuku district, Makru-Klaplei area, Torricelli mountains lower foothills, southeast of Siliput, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. Mehek has a counting system with distinct number words for 1, 2 and 5 and appears to have a 2-cycle patternː 3 contain a 'two' morpheme and 4 has a '2+2' construction. The word for 5 contains a 'hand' morpheme is 'lese'. Numbers above 24 are not attested, and consultants had some trouble remembering forms above ten. The following morphemes in the numbers five and above are attested as separate words (the others, as far as I know, do not have separate meanings): 'joko (towards), les (hand), 'ᵐmbutu (fist), 'suwa (foot). Forms for 2-5 have alternate forms, listed above separated by commas.