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

语言名称和分布地区: 廷贝语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省廷贝河谷及附近地区

1. konok

2. lauwa

3. olowu

4. imbot  

5. momerak (litː ''thumb only'') or bat biken harok (lit: ''all one hand'')

6. nambukan konok  (litː ''one side one'') 

7. nambukan lauwa

8. nambukan olowu

9. nambukan imbot

10. bat bio bip harok (litː ''hand side side all'')

11. keian konok (lit: ''foot-on one'')

12. keian lauwa

13. keian olowu

14. keian imbot

15. keian momerak

16. kei biken konok 

17. kei biken lauwa

18. kei biken olowu

19. kei biken imbot

20. luak konok harok (litː ''man one all'')

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mick Foster, SIL International, June 12, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mick Foster, 2011 年 6 月 12 日.

Other comments: Timbe is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Kabwum district, Timbe river valley and tributaries, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. Timbe counting system is a digit-tally one with a basic numeral set (1, 2, 3, 4). Alternative numbers words are used for 5: 'monerak', i.e. 'thumb only' or 'bat biken harok' means 'all one hand', where 'bat-' is a 'hand' morpheme. 10 is 'bat bip bip harok', i.e. 'hand side side all'. The number for 6, 'nambulan konok' has the meaning 'one side one'. The number words for 11 to 19 each contain a 'leg' or 'foot' morpheme 'kei-', so that 11, is 'keian konok', 'foot-on one'. The number word for 20 is 'luak konok' or 'luak konok haronk', i.e. 'man one' or 'man one all', where 'luak' is the word for 'man.