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

语言名称和分布地区: 努芒冈语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. kubuɡoŋ

2. lufom

3. lufomkulitniŋ (litː ''2 plus 1''?)

4. lufolufom  (litː ''2 plus 2''?)

5. kohofukuŋ  [litː ''(one) side hand'’]

6. kohofukuŋ kubuɡoŋ (litː ''addition of one with one side hand'')

7. kohofukuŋ lufom 

8. kohofukuŋ lufomkulitniŋ

9. kohofukuŋ lufolufom 

10. kohoŋ wanaŋ [litː ‘hand(s) together’], kafong lufom, kohong lipet

     (<Geoff Smith 1984)

15. kayong ko  (<Geoff Smith 1984)

20. kayong lufon, mac kubugang (<Geoff Smith 1984)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. David Hynum through Miss Joyce Wood, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, October 24, 2008. 

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. David Hynum, 2008 年 10 月 24 日.

Other comments: Numanggang is spoken by approximately 2,500 speakers in Lae district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. Numanggang word for ‘hand’ is ‘kohoŋ’ so the word for 5 is ‘(one side hand’ and the numbers for 6 to 9 are additions of the first four with one side hand. The word for 10 is ‘hand(s) together’. Very few people remembered these until we asked in the late 1970’s but our use has revived them a bit. Many young people use the Melanesian Pisin equivalents or the English equivalents. No one remembers anything being used for numbers higher than 10. Note that the final consonant in each of the words that is not ‘m’ is the velar nasal.