Language name and locationː Saliba, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 撒利巴语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

1. 'kɛsɛɡa

21.  tau keseɡa ye mate keseɡa

2. 'lubui

22.  tau keseɡa ye mate labui

3. 'haiyona

23.  tau keseɡa ye mate haiyona

4. 'haːsi

24.  tau keseɡa ye mate haːsi

5. 'haliɡiɡi

25.  tau keseɡa ye mate haliɡiɡi

6. 'haliɡiɡi 'kɛsɛɡa    ( 5 + 1 )

26. 

7. 'haliɡiɡi 'lubui      ( 5 + 2 )

27.  

8. 'haliɡiɡi 'haiyona  ( 5 + 3 )

28. 

9. 'haliɡiɡi 'haːsi       ( 5 + 4 )

29. 

10. saudɔudɔi

30.  tau keseɡa ye mate saudɔudɔi

11. saudɔudɔi keseɡa

40.  tatao labui mate

12. saudɔudɔi lubui

50.  tatao labui se mate saudɔudɔi

13. saudɔudɔi haiyona

60.  tatao haiyona se mate

14. saudɔudɔi haːsi

70.  tatao haiyona se mate saudɔudɔi

15. saudɔudɔi haliɡiɡi

80.  tatao hasi se mate

16. saudɔudɔi haliɡiɡi keseɡa

90.  tatao hasi se mate saudɔudɔi

17. saudɔudɔi haliɡiɡi lubui

100. handele keseɡa  

18. saudɔudɔi haliɡiɡi haiyona

200. handele labui  

19. saudɔudɔi haliɡiɡi haːsi

1000. tausani keseɡa

20. tau keseɡa ye mate

2000. tausani labui

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Rainer Oetzel, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. March 15, 2011.
提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Rainer Oetzel. 2011 年 3 月 15 日.

Other comments: Saliba has a quinary counting system. Now the preference is to use English numbers. The simple numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 20 are most likely to be used in Saliba. Saliba is spoken by about 2,500 speakers on the islets off the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The Saliba language is currently endangered. Currently there are only elders that speak it and a few young children who have learned in the early years of their life. Most of the people speak English because it is seen as the more prestigious language. This only further makes Saliba the minority language in the land.

Language name and locationː Saliba, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 撒利巴语, 巴布亚新几内亚米尔内湾省

1. keseɡa

2. lubui

3. haeyona

4. haːsi

5. haliɡiɡi

6. haliɡiɡi keseɡa     ( 5 + 1 )

7. haliɡiɡi lubui       ( 5 + 2 )

8. haliɡiɡi haeyona  ( 5 + 3 )

9. haliɡiɡi haːsi        ( 5 + 4 )

10. saudoudoi

11. saudoudoi keseɡa

12. saudoudoi lubui

13. saudoudoi haeyona

14. saudoudoi haːsi

15. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi

16. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi keseɡa

17. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi lubui

18. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi haeyona

19. saudoudoi haliɡiɡi haːsi

20. tau keseɡa yamʷaloi (lit: 'one man is dead')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Anna Margaret, Department of Linguistics, Monash University, Australia, July 7, 2006.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Anna Margaret, 2006 年 7 月 7 日.

Other comments: Saliba has a quinary counting system and a phrase for twenty 'tau keseɡa yamʷaloi' which means 'one man is dead'.