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

语言名称和分布地区: 帕宁语, 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

1. olfan (lit: 'one')

2. elis  ( lit: 'two')

3. ized (lit: 'three')

4. ɓala-ʔɑi (litː 'four (?)-be')

5. mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi  (litː 'thumb-be')

6. mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi olfan (litː 'thumb-be one')

7. mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi elis (litː 'thumb-be two')

8. mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi ized (litː 'thumb-be three')

9. mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi ɓala-ʔɑi (litː 'thumb-be four')

10. mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi mɑmaɡ-ʔɑi (litː 'thumb-be thumb-be')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Don R. Daniels, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. October 2, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Don R. Daniels, 2010 年 10 月 2 日.

Other comments: Panim is a nearly extinct language spoken by about 12 speakers in west of Madang town, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. Panim has a system up to ten. All the forms from mamaɡʔai ‘5’ on up are complex. The form ɓalaʔai ‘4’ looks like it’s complex, because of the -ʔai ending, but I don’t know what the root ɓala would mean.