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

语言名称和分布地区: 奥维尼加语, 巴布亚新几内亚东锡皮克省

1. iiaru / yaru *

2. simabi / simabi *

3. soumabi / soɡumavi *

4. sunekami / sunekame *

5. nomokerare (litː ''fist'')

6. sesi (litː ''navel'')

7. nano akai iaru (litː ''hand on breast'')

8. nano akai simabi (litː ''hand on second breast'')

9. moro iaru (litː ''one eye'')

10.  moro simabi (litː ''two eyes'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Doug and Bev Croot, NTM missionaries, Papua New Guinea. November 14, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Doug and Bev Croot, 2011 年 11 月 14 日.

Other comments: The Owiniga people didn’t seem to count above 10 – if they were desperate, they may begin on their toes. When we went into these people, we actually reduced the language to writing, thus they use the numerals in the standard numbering system. In the past, to send a message, they would tie string on a stick, for how many days before they came, etc. On the above table, the second set of numbers 1 to 4 with an asterisk marks were recorded by SIL linguists Conrad and Dye ( 1975). Owinga is spoken by about 330 speakers in Amu, Inagri, Samo, and Yei villages southeast of Nimo [niw] language area, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.