Language name and locationː Nedebang, Pantar island, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 内德邦语, 印度尼西亚努东沙登加拉潘塔尔岛

1. n’uku

21.  

2. ɑr’aku

22. 

3. t’ɑgu

23.  

4. luutu

24.  

5. y’esiŋ

25.  

6. tiy’ɑmɑ

26. 

7. sər’aku ('seven three') 

27. 

8. set’ɑgu ('ten minus two') 

28.  

9. ĭs’utu  ( 'ten minus one')

29. 

10. kɑn’uku

30.  

11. 

40.  

12. 

50. 

13. 

60.  

14. 

70.  

15.

80.  

16.

90. 

17. 

100.                    200. 

18. 

400.                 800. 

19. 

1000.

20. 

2000. 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, The Author of the website "Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5000 languages", Chicago, USA, October 7 2023.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, 2023 年 10 月 7 日.

Other comments: Nedebang is an endangered Papuan language spoken in the villages of Balungada and Baulang in the eastern district of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. There are also Nedebang speakers in Air Panas, administratively part of Balungada but located 1 km from the main village. Nedebang is an extremely endangered language. It is no longer used as the language of daily communication, even within the home. Indonesian or Alor Malay is used widely. Some residents of Bolungada are also fluent in Tewa; and some residents of Air Panas speak the Baranusa dialect of the Alor language (not to be confused with Alor Malay). Fieldwork in 2004 estimates that there are fewer than 200 speakers of Nedebang and the youngest speakers are in their 50s.

Nedebang has a decimal system with special forms for 7 to 9, ratu 'hundred' and ribu 'thousand' are borrowed from Indonesian. Nedebang has recorded traditional numerals from 1 to 10 years ago, not sure if they are still using old traditional numbers after 10 or now use Malay numerals after ten. New data for numbers after ten is required.