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

语言名称和分布地区: 乌里语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫罗贝省

1. kubinik

2. famaaʔ, bubiniksak

3. famaneŋ, fimeneŋ

4. famaʔɡoŋ famaʔɡoŋ  (litː '2+2')

5. famaʔɡoŋ famaʔɡoŋ kubinikɡoŋ (litː '2+2+1'), fimeneŋsinik *

6. siamoɡiŋ * (litː ?)

7. siamoɡiŋ sink * 5 to 20 are from Geoff Smith 1984

8. memeŋ  *

9. memeŋɡiŋ *

10. memeŋɡiŋ sini  (litː ?)

11. memeŋ ɡiŋsinik

12. kubinkiŋ sini

13. femeŋ sini

14. fimeneŋni sini

15. fimeneŋ sini

16. amoŋɡiŋ sini

17. siamoɡiŋ sini

18. memeŋɡiŋ memeŋɡiŋsini

19. memeŋɡiŋ memeŋɡiŋ

20. memeŋɡiŋ memeŋɡiŋ

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Tom and Gwen Webb, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. May 30, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Tom and Gwen Webb, 2011 年 5 月 30 日.

Other comments: Uri is spoken by approximately 3,000 speakers in Boana district, Morobe province, Papua New Guinea. The traditional Uri system is a digit-tally one, according to Smith, and the first five numerals given above. There is a basic numeral set (1, 2, 3) or, possibly, (1, 2) depending on where the numeral 3 can be regarded as a compound which contains the numerals 2. The numeral 4 and 5 have the constructions respectively' 2+2' and '2+2+1'. Smith gives two further sets of data collected from Uri informants which therefore probably unreliable. The system shown is most unusual and is worthy of further investigation. No details about it, however, were elicited from the informant. Numerals with an asterisk are taken from Smith (1984).