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

语言名称和分布地区: 奥都德语, 巴布亚新几内亚西部省及南高地省

1. hɛdɛˈpɛ  (simple system currently using ) / hɔ̃ – little finger (body-tally)

2. ˈbɑkɑdʲɔ (simple system currently using) / ˈhɔ̃mɑ̃kɔ̃lɑ̃ – ring finger (body-tally)

3. ˈbɑkɑdʲɔ hɛdɛˈbɛ (2+1) / wɔluˈɡumɑkɔ̃lɑ̃ – middle finger (body-tally)

4. ˈbɑkɑdʲɔ ˈbɑkɑdʲɔ (2+2) / wɔluˈɡu – index finger (body-tally)

5. de ˈtʲɑdo (simple system) / ɛmeˈdi – thumb (body-tally)

6. de bɔ - palm (body-tally)

7. ɡɛbɛsiɡiˈli – wrist (body-tally)

8. de tɔ - forearm (body-tally)

9. diˈmɑ - elbow (body-tally)

10. dɛbɛˈgɛ kɑ̃ˈlẽ – upper arm (body-tally)

11. ɛⁱ - shoulder (body-tally)

12. tɛbiˈɡi – collar bone (body-tally)

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Darrel Hays through Mr. Ray Stegeman LCORE, Linguistics, SIL-PNG, Papua New Guinea. 21 May 2010.

提供资料的语言 学家: Mr. Darrel Hays, 2010 年 5 月 21 日.

Other comments: Odoodee is spoken by 400 speakers in Western province and Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. In the first chart (above), I listed the numbers which the Odoodee people are currently using. For numbers greater than five, terms are borrowed directly from English. In written texts, English numerals are used for numbers greater than five (e.g. 6, 7, 8, etc). I have copied another chart below. In that chart I list the traditional numbering system which was based upon body parts (glosses included). This system is no longer used as very few people know it. When gathering these words, the Odoodee people did not know how to count past 12 using this system.

Alternate Counting system based on Body parts：

1. hɔ̃ – little finger，2. ˈhɔ̃mɑ̃kɔ̃lɑ̃ – ring finger，3. wɔluˈɡumɑkɔ̃lɑ̃ – middle finger，

4. wɔluˈɡu – index finger，5. ɛmeˈdi – thumb，6. de bɔ - palm, 7. ɡɛbɛsiɡiˈli – wrist ，8. de tɔ - forearm，9. diˈmɑ - elbow，10. dɛbɛˈgɛ kɑ̃ˈlẽ – upper arm，

11. ɛⁱ - shoulder， 12.  tɛbiˈɡi – collar bone

 Odoodee phonetic charts:

 Consonants：

Vowels (note: all vowels can be nasalized – not marked in the practical orthography)