Language
name and locationː
Sop,
Papua New Guinea [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ɡɯɾena (lit: pinky finger) |
21. akɯɾe bede foɡo ɡɯɾena |
2. akɯɾe (lit: ring finger) |
22. akɯɾe bede foɡo akɯɾe |
3. kɯi (lit: middle finger) |
23. akɯɾe bede foɡo kɯi |
4. doɡob (lit: index finger) |
24. akɯɾe bede foɡo doɡob |
5. taba (lit thumb) |
25. akɯɾe bede foɡo taba |
6. kubete (lit: palm of hand) |
26. akɯɾe bede foɡo kubete |
7. nonob |
27. akɯɾe bede foɡo nonob |
8. dɯm |
28. akɯɾe bede foɡo dɯm |
9. dam |
29. akɯɾe bede foɡo dam |
10. foɡo (lit: shoulder) |
30. kɯi bede foɡo |
11. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo ɡɯɾena |
40. doɡob tuɡ bede foɡo |
12. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo akɯɾe |
50. taba tuɡ bede foɡo |
13. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo kɯi |
60. kubete tuɡ bede foɡo |
14. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo doɡob |
70. nonob tuɡ bede foɡo |
15. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo taba |
80. dɯm tuɡ bede foɡo |
16. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo kubete |
90. dam tuɡ bede foɡo |
17. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo nonob |
100. foɡo tuɡ bede foɡo |
18. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo dɯm |
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19. ɡɯɾena bede foɡo dam |
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20. akɯɾe bede foɡo |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Ryan Harty,
Pioneer Bible
Translators,
Papua New Guinea, September 27, |
Other comments: Sob or Sop is spoken by approximately 2,000 speakers in Usino Bundi district, northeast of Ramu valley, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Sob has a digit-tally system up to 100. The data is taken from Igoi dialect of Sob language. Sob has a traditional digit-tally system up to 100. Notes from Ryan Harty: Data given is semi-phonetic: Sob [ɾ] is represented in this data with <r>. In Sob orthography, the close back unrounded vowel /ɯ/ is represented as <ü>. I have omitted entries above the number 100. There are speculative possibilities for 200, 400, etc., but I have not included them because I consider them unreliable. Speakers of the language do not readily agree on how to count this high. In practice, numbers above 100 are usually given in Tok Pisin rather than Sob. I have also been able to find lexical correspondences between some cardinal numbers and body parts (cf. Pawley & Hammarström in Palmer ed. 2017: 130). See chart below.
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