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

语言名称和分布地区: 内克语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. no / noŋɡɑn (litː ''other one / only 'one'')

2. tɨpet (litː ''two'')

3. tɨpet ɡɨt no (litː ''two and one'')

4. tɨpet (ɡɨt) tɨpet [litː ''two (and) two''] 

5. kɨt meŋ [litː ''hand mother''=(thumb)], kɨt no (litː ''hand one''), or 

    tɨpet tɨpet noŋɡɑn (litː 'two two one'')

6. (kɨt) tombon noŋɡɑn [litː ''(hand) another one''] 

7. (kɨt) tombon tɨpet [litː ''(hand) another two''] 

8. (kɨt) tombon tɨpet ɡɨt no [litː ''(hand) another two and one'']

9. (kɨt) tombon tɨpet ɡɨt tɨpet [litː ''(hand) another two and two''] 

10. kɨt (meŋ) tɨpet [litː ''hand (mother) two''=(two thumbs / hands)]

11. kɨt tɨpet, noŋɡɑn (litː ''hand two, one'')

12. kɨt tɨpet, tɨpet

13. kɨt tɨpet, tɨpet ɡɨt no

14. kɨt tɨpet, tɨpet ɡɨt tɨpet

15. kɨt tombon tombon t'm kesit tombon (< Geoff Smith 1984)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Katri Linnasalo through Mr. Ray Stegeman, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. June 23, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Katri Linnasalo, 2011 年 6 月 23 日.

Other comments: Nek is spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers in Nawaeb district,

Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The traditional Nek system has a basic numeral set (1, 2); 3 and 4 have the constructions '2 and 1' and '2 and 2' respectively. The numerals 5 and 10 both contain a 'hand' morpheme 'kɨt'. There is a word for 15 recorded by Geoff Smith in 1984 contain a 'leg' morpheme 'kesit' and means 'hands side hand side and leg side'. The system thus appears to be a digit-tally one with a (2, 5) cyclic pattern. However, now the Nek people rarely use vernacular numerals beyond three, since Pidgin numerals are shorter and easier to use. Also, beyond three, there is a fair bit of variation in the forms used.