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

语言名称和分布地区: 萨姆语 (Songum 松古姆语), 巴布亚新几内亚马当省

1. kud͡ʒɛʔ

2. lilʔo

3. ʔalubi *

4. liliʔo (2+2)

5. barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ ( litː 'bar' means 'hand')

6. ʔalubi ʔalubi (3+3)

7. liliʔo ʔalubi   (4+3)

8. barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ ʔalubi (5+3)

9. barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ lilʔo   (5+4)

10. barɡe lilʔoʔ (litː 'hands two')

11. barɡe lilʔoʔ kud͡ʒɛʔ

12. barɡe lilʔoʔ lilʔo

13. barɡe lilʔoʔ ʔalubi

14. barɡe lilʔoʔ liliʔo

15. barɡe lilʔoʔ barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ (5 x 2+1)

16. barɡe lilʔoʔ barɡe ʔalubi  (5 x 2+2)

17. barɡe lilʔoʔ barɡe asi ne lilʔ liliʔo 

18. barɡe lilʔoʔ barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ ʔalubi

19. barɡe lilʔoʔ barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ lilʔ lilʔo  (5 x 2+5+2+2 )

20. barɡe lilʔoʔ bil lilʔoʔ  (5 x 2 x 2)

30. barɡe lilʔ lilʔo ʔalubi

40. lilʔ lilʔo barɡe lilʔo lilʔo (2 x 2 x 5 x 2 x 2 )

50. barɡe lilʔo ʔalubi barɡe lilʔ lilʔo bili

60. barɡe lilʔo ʔalubi bili lilʔo ʔalubi

70. barɡe lilʔo ʔalubi bili lilʔo ʔalubi lilʔ kud͡ʒɛʔ

80. barɡe lilʔo ʔalubi bili lilʔo ʔalubi asi ne barɡe lilʔo lilʔo

90. barɡe lilʔo ʔalubi bili lilʔo ʔalubi asi ne bili barɡe lilʔo lilʔo ʔalubi

100. barɡe lilʔo ʔalubi bili lilʔo ʔalubi asi ne bili barɡe lilʔo barɡe lilʔo kud͡ʒɛʔ 

. lɑmbei (litː 'many ')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. David & Sarah Troolin, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. April 22, 2011, October 4, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. David & Sarah Troolin, 2011 年 4 月 22 日, 2011 年 10 月 4 日.

Other comments: Sam is spoken by approximately 700 speakers in Songum, Buan, and Wongbe villages, Rai coast, near the head of Astrolabe Bay along the Kabenau River, Madang province, Papua New Guinea. The Sam language has a digit-tally system up to hundred in traditional way. The number word for 5 barɡe kud͡ʒɛʔ' contains a ''hand, arm'' morpheme bar and has the meaning ''hand''; asi ne means "being-and", bili means "again" or "repeat". I don't know what to make of the phrases, but I remember the people said they never used to use words for numerals over 3. So this might be a strategy to count higher than 3. The English Pidgin numbers have been used now.