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

语言名称和分布地区: 梅塞姆语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. kweji

2. jeba

3. tuba

4. babumba

5. bainimbeke  ('hand half')

6. bainimbeke kwe ('hand half one')

10. bainimbeɡere baje dalaŋ ('hands finished') 

11. bainimbeɡere baje dalaŋ kaɡara kweji ('hands finished, foot one') 

20. amorat kweji ('man one') 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, Department of Language and Communication Studies, The University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea. December 12, 1988.

Source: Smith, Geoffrey P. 1988. Morobe Counting systems, Pacific Linguistics, A-76, 1988, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Geoffrey P. Smith, 1988 年 12 月 12 日.

Other comments: Mesem, also known as Momolili, is spoken by approximately 4,000 speakers in nine villages in the western portion of the Rawlinson Mountains north-east of Lae, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The village informants provided the counting data. There were some gaps between ten and 20, but the system appears to be one with four distinct numerals and using hands and feet to tally to 20.