Language name and locationː Mende, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue ]

语言名称和分布地区: 门得语, 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省托里切利山脉至锡皮克平原

1. nam.dar

2. fri.ʃip

3. nal.min.ɡrip

4. tɔ.βrɔ.ka.βrɔ

5. tɔs.ta.βa

6. tɔs.ta.βa.ta.βa.jɔk nam.dar (5+1)

7. tɔs.ta.βa.ta.βa.jɔk fri.ʃip    (5+2)

8. tɔs.ta.βa.ta.βa.jɔk nal.min.ɡrip (5+3)

9. tɔs.ta.βa.ta.βa.jɔk tɔ.βrɔ.ka.βrɔ  (5+4)

10. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa

11. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa ku.mba.jɔk nam.dar

12. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa ku.mba.jɔk fri.ʃip

13. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa ku.mba.jɔk nal.min.ɡrip

14. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa ku.mba.jɔk tɔ.βrɔ.ka.βrɔ

15. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa tɔs.ku.mba

16. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa tɔs.ku.mba ku.mba.jɔk nam dar

17. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa tɔs.ku.mba ku.mba.jɔk fri.ʃip

18. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa tɔs.ku.mba ku.mba.jɔk nal.min.ɡrip

19. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa tɔs.ku.mba ku.mba.jɔk tɔ.βrɔ.ka.βrɔ

20. tɔs.ta.βa.kas.ta.βa tɔs.ku.mba kas ku.mba

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Hanna Marie Hoel through Ms. Hannah Cockerill, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, April 11, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Hanna Marie Hoel, 2008 年 4 月 11 日.

Other comments: Mende is spoken by approximately 6,000 speakers in Torricelli range hills sloping south toward Sepik river plains, Nuku district, Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. Mende has traditional counting up to 20. Anything above 20 was simple called ''many''.