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

语言名称和分布地区: 西亚维语 (Musan 穆散语), 巴布亚新几内亚桑道恩省

1. somo

21.  okowo himolo lei somo

2. himolo

22.  okowo himolo lei himolo

3. hluelo  *

23.  okowo himolo lei hluelo

4. katukwiolo  *

24.  okowo himolo lei katukwiolo

5. katilo (lit: 'one of the other hand')

25.  okowo himolo lei katilo

6. somolo katilo (1 + 5)

26.  okowo himolo lei somolo katilo

7. himolo katilo (2 + 5)

27.  okowo himolo lei himolo katilo

8. hluelo katilo  (3 + 5)

28.  okowo himolo lei hluelo katilo

9. katu katilo     (4 + 5)

29.  okowo himolo lei katu katilo

10. okowolo

30.  okowo hluelo

11. okowo lei somo

40.  okowo katukwiolo

12. okowo lei himolo

50.  okowo katilo

13. okowo lei hluelo

60.  okowo somolo katilo

14. okowo lei katukwiolo

70.  okowo himolo katilo

15. okowo lei katilo

80.  okowo hluelo katilo

16. okowo lei somolo katilo

90.  okowo katu katilo

17. okowo lei himolo katilo

18. okowo lei hluelo katilo

19. okowo lei katu katilo

20. okowo himolo

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Linda Krieg, NTM missionary, Siawi people group, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. September 3, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Linda Krieg, 2011 年 9 月 3 日.

Other comments: Siawi or Musan has a quinary system. However, these days, I am one of the few people in Siawi that can count past 10. That is because all the younger generation has switched to using the Pidgin counting and none of them know the way their ancestors used to count. As far as I was ever able to discern, they had no way of saying any number over 99, and actually, I never heard anyone use anything much over 50, even in the early days (1980’s) of my time here. Note that in Siawi, /kw/ is one phoneme, but /h/ and /l/ are separate phonemes. Siawi is an endangered language spoken by  220 speakers in one village, between Amto and Ama, south of Sepik river,
Sandaun province, Papua New Guina.