Language name and location: Terei, Papua New Guinea [Refer toː Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 特雷语 (布因语Buin), 巴布亚新几内亚布干维尔岛南部

1. noikei

21.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi noikei luːɣo

2. keitɑko

22.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi keitɑko luːɣo

3. pɑiɡɑmi

23.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi pɑiɡɑmi luːɣo

4. koriɡɑmi

24.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi koriɡɑmi luːɣo

5. upuɡɑmi

25.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi upuɡɑmi luːɣo

6. tuɡiɡɑmi

26.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi tuɡiɡɑmi luːɣo

7. pɑiɡamituo

27.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi pɑiɡamituo luːɣo

8. keritɑkotuo

28.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi keritɑkotuo luːɣo

9. kɑmpuro

29.  kiːkoko ɡirɑi kɑmpuro luːɣo

10. kipuro

30.  pɑimɑku

11. noikei luːɣo

40.  korimɑku

12. keitɑko luːɣo

50.  upumɑku

13. pɑiɡɑmi luːɣo

60.  tuɡimɑku

14. koriɡɑmi luːɣo

70.  pɑimɑkutuo

15. upuɡɑmi luːɣo

80.  kiːkokotuo  *

16. tuɡiɡɑmi luːɣo

90.  kɑmpuro (lopore ) *

17. pɑiɡɑmituo luːɣo

100. porɛ

18. keitɑkotuo luːɣo

200. porɛ keitɑko 

19. kampuro luːɣo

1000. kukurei musi tukoŋ

20. kiːkoko

2000. kukurei keitɑko musi tukoŋ

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Julie MacKay. SIL International, Papua New Guinea. May 31, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Julie MacKay, 2011 年 5 月 31 日.

Other comments: Terei or Buin is spoken by about 26,000 speakers in Buin district, Bougainville province, Papua New Guinea. Terei has a decimal system. The morpheme tuo occurring in Telei Buin numbers from 7 to 9 as well as in 70, 80 and 90 means “less “so the pattern is here a subtractive one. The morpheme luːɣo means “on top of” but another pattern could occur in some dialects, for example 11 is given as noikei kiikoko by Laycock (1 towards 20). The current language informants could not think of how to say 80 or 90. These two numbers were taken from Lean G.A., 2002: Counting systems of Papua New Guinea volume 3: North Solomons Province (Goroka; Papua New Guinea; Glen Lean Ethnomatheamtics Center).