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

语言名称和分布地区: 宁吉鲁姆语, 巴布亚新几内亚西部省及印尼巴布亚地区

1. mʷim (litː 'little finger')

21.  haŋena mentoː kop̚ 

2. haɹop̚ (litː 'ring finger')

22.  haŋena mentoː

3. haɹop mʷim (litː 'middle finger')

23.  haŋena buŋup̚

4. kʷandin ( litː 'index finger')

24.  haŋena het̚ kop̚

5. ɐŋɔː ( litː 'thumb' )

25.  haŋena het̚

6. ɡuŋ ( litː 'wrist' )

26.  haŋena ɡuŋ

7. het̚  (litː 'lower lower arm')

27.  haŋena ɐŋɔː

8. het̚ kop̚ (litː 'upper lower arm')

28.  haŋena kʷandin

9. buŋup̚ ( litː 'elbow region'' )

29.  haŋena haɹop̚ mʷim

10. mentoː ( litː 'lower upper arm' )

30.  haŋena haɹop̚

11. mentoː kop̚ ( 'upper upper arm' )

31.  haŋena mʷim

12. mak̚ ( litː 'shoulder' )

13. kum ( litː 'side of neck' )

14. kiɹoŋ ( litː 'bone under the ear')

15. kʲop̚ (litː 'left eye')

16. minuː (litː 'nose')

17. haŋena kʲop̚  (litː 'right eye')

18. haŋena kiɹoŋ

19. haŋena kum

20. haŋena mak̚

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Howard Oates, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, May 24, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Howard Oates, 2011 年 5 月 24 日.

Other comments: Ninggirum is spoken by approximately 5,000 speakers in villages in Ok Birim and Ok Tedi rivers, Western province, Papua New Guinea as well as Papua province, Indonesia. Ninggirum has an old traditional body tally system up to 31. The nose is the mid point at number 16, giving a base of thirty one for whole cycle. Note that counting starts on the left side of the body and proceeds around, with each finger being folded into the palm of the hands as it is counted off, and the system can extend further by prefacing with another word I've forgotten meaning ''around again''. The old Ninggirum counting system was still used a little by older men twenty years ago, but now is well and truly extinct. English numbering is now almost universally used, even for numbers up to five.