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

语言名称和分布地区: 索姆语 (塔亚图克语 Tayatuk), 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. duwe

2. yarə

3. kapmə

4. bavam tama (means index finger, bavam means 'paint', tama means nose the index
    is the finger with which you apply paint)

5. əpə damən (means thumb, damən means 'big')

6. səkap kadaŋ (səkap means 'game meat, marsupial', and kadaŋ means 'tail', the

    numeral 6 looks like the tail of a marsupial)

7. geyam (geyam means 'adze', numeral 7 looks like an axe)

8. pempem ('twin, double')

9. sip kayek (sip means 'fern' and kayek 'flower', a fern unrolling looks like the
    numeral 9)

10. kuwe duma (one zero, duma='zero',  duma also means no (as an answer to a
    question) and it is also the sentential negator)

11. kuwe yat (a pair of ones)

12. kuwe yarə

13. kuwe kapmə

14. kuwe bavam tama

20. yarə duma (two zero)

102. kuwe duma yarə (one hundred and two)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Valerie Guerin, Adjunct Research Fellow,

Cairns Institute, The Language and Culture Research Centre, Cairn, James Cook University, Australia. February 10, 2020, February 21, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Valerie Guerin, 2020 年 2 月 10 日

Other comments: The Som or Tayatuk counting system was developed in the early 2010's (my guess) when a local primary school was started in the village, and teaching was done in the local language. Numerals 4 to 9 and the Tayatuk counting system were created by the local teachers. 5098 would be: əpə damən (5) duma (0) sip kayek(9)  pempem (8). However, this never happens, Tok pisin numbers are used.