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

语言名称和分布地区: 纳巴卡语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. kwep

2. zut, dzut

3. tuk

4. zulak zulak (lit: ''two-with two-with'')

5. bet nembert delaŋ  (litː ''hand-half finish'') 

6. bet nembert delaŋ kwep (litː ''hand-half finish one'') 

7. bet nembert delaŋ zut (litː ''hand-half finish two'')

8. bet nembert delaŋ tuk  (litː ''hand-half finish three'')

9. bet nembert delaŋ zulak zulak  (litː ''hand-half finish two and two'')

10. beduk delaŋ (litː ''hand-two finish'')

11. beduk delaŋ nembeɡat kwep (litː ''hand-two finish pair-BEN, one'')

12. beduk delaŋ nembeɡat zup (litː ''hand-two finish pair-BEN, two'')

13. beduk delaŋ nembeɡat tuk (litː ''hand-two finish pair-BEN, three'')

14. beduk delaŋ nembeɡat zulak zulak (litː ''hand-two finish pair-BEN, two and two'')

15. beduk delaŋ set nembeɡat delaŋ (litː ''hand-two finish foot pair-BEN, finish'')

16. beduk delaŋ set nembeɡat kwep (litː ''hand-two finish foot pair-BEN, one'')

17. beduk delaŋ set nembeɡat zut

18. beduk delaŋ set nembeɡat tuk

19. beduk delaŋ set nembeɡat delaŋ zulak zulak

20. sebet delaŋ (litː ''foot-hand finish'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mrs. Grace Fabian, SIL-International / Wycliffe, Papua New Guinea, June 28, 2011.
提供资料的语言学家: Mrs. Grace Fabian, 2011 年 6 月 28 日.

Other comments: Nabak is spoken by approximately 16,000 speakers in Lae district, Busu river east headwaters, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. Nabak has a digit-tally system with a basic numeral set (1, 2, 3), 4 has a '2 plus 2' construction. The number word for 5, 'bet numbet delaŋ' is translated as ''hand-half finish'' where 'delaŋ'='finish', 'nembet'='half, one of a pair', '-gat'=clitic meaning benefactive (BEN). 10 is given as 'beduk delaŋ', translated as 'hand-two finish'. The number word for 15, however, contain a 'foot' morpheme, 'set'. And 20 is 'se-bet delaŋ', i.e. 'foot-hand finish'.