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

语言名称和分布地区: 内马语 (古桑语Gusan), 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. koboɡen

2. yare

3. yare kuboe ('two one')

4. yarewə yarewə ('two two') or imaninamo ('two two')

5. iman

6. kaiwi kukoc (other) 'hand one')

10. kuman ta (litː 'together')

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: Nema or Gusan is spoken by approximately 800 speakers in five villages on the southern slopes of Saruwaged Range west of west of Boana, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The counting data were obtained from village formants.

Nema may have a body-tally system up to 10 on the hands. The word iman for five appears to mean 'hand', although kairi was given for 'hand'. The alternative form for four imaninamo may mean something like 'hand nearly complete', although the meaning is not clear, and this is another example of a special term for four. Apart from this, there are only two numeral words and hands are used as tallies. The resemblance between iman and the word for hand' in certain Austronesian languages is striking, for example Siboma nima, Bukaua lim, Sio lima.