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

语言名称和分布地区: 诺博诺布语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

1. laippu

2. aɗit

3. ewam

4. waɗele

5. taniɡ ele (litː 'taniɡ means thumb and ele means with')

6. eblaih laippu

7. eblaih  aɾit

8. eblaih kiam

9. eblaih waɾos

10. eblaih taniɡ ele 

11. the people don't know the other numbers, they use Pidgin numbers now

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mr. Ulys & Verna Aeschliman, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. June 2, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mr. Ulys & Verna Aeschliman , 2011 年 6 月 2 日.

Other comments: Nobonob is spoken by approximately 2,400 speakers in Madang district, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. The Nobonob has a system similar to that of Wagi language. The concept behind the numbers 6-10 is ''one hand and one, one hand and two'' etc. We are told that traditionally they used hands and feet in the same way to count from 11-20, but we’ve never heard any one use it naturally. Currently, for anything above 10, and often from 6-10 also, the Melanesian Pidgin as influenced by English counting system is used.

Nobonob Phonemic charts:

Consonantsː

The implosive ɓ has a voiceless variant when it occurs syllable final followed by a

voiceless stop. s, r and ŋ occur in loan words.

Vowelsː

ɜ may be analyzed as a variant of e., ɔ may be analyzed as a variant of o.

ʌ occurs as a transition phone between two syllables in which a consonant closes

the first syllable and a consonant fills the onset of the second syllable.