Language name and locationː Nii, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 尼伊语, 巴布亚新几内亚西高地省

1. endeim

2. tal

3. tekildike ~ teklike

4. kapil kapil ~ kapil kapili

5. angil ondorung ~ angil orung engike ('angil= hand, 'ondorung' (or 'orung') means

   'half)

10. engike  

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Glen A. Lean, Department of Communications, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Sourceː Glendon A. Lean. Counting systems of Papua New Guinea, volume 9, Western Highlands and Simbu Provinces. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea, 1991.

Sources:

A. Data: 2 CSQs. Villages: Kudjip, Aviamp.

B. SIL Word List (1975?). Village : Kiam.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Glen A. Lean, 1991 年.    

Other comments: Nii is spoken by about 7,800 speakers in a region lying around the Tuman River and which lies between the Wangi-speaking area to the east and the Melpa-speaking region to the west, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

The only data available for Nii derive from two CSQs and an SIL word list compiled at Kiam village. The Nii system appears to closely resemble the Wahgi tally-words, cf. Ramsey's data in Table 16. The counting word for 5 is 'angil ondorung' where 'angil' means 'hand' and 'ondorung' (or 'orung') means 'half'.