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

语言名称和分布地区: 维皮语 (吉德拉语 Gidra), 巴布亚新几内亚西部省弗莱河三角洲

1. yepa

2. nɨmoɡ

3. nowa *

4. nenda nenda (2+2), neyani

5. yepa yem indwati

10. nemoɡ yem undwali 

15. nemoɡ yem undwali yep pes undwali

20. yepa reɡa je  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jae-Wook Shim, SIL International, Papua New Guinea. May 27, 2011.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jae-Wook Shim, 2011 年 5 月 27 日.

Other comments: Wipi people might use a digit-tally system with one hand finished' for 5 ('yem' being a 'hand' morpheme). 'two hands finished for 10, 'two hands finished, one foot finished' for 15 ('pes' is a 'foot' morpheme), and finally 'one whole man (or person)' for 20 ('rega' meaning 'man' or 'person'). However,  they use English, expect yepa for 1, nɨmoɡ for 2, now for three. Nobody use their traditional counting now. The old numbers 4, 5, 10, 15 and 20 were taken from the book 'Counting Systems of Papua New Guinea', volume 12; Western Province, by Glendon A. Lean, 1991. Wipi or Gidra is spoken by about 3,000 speakers in villages east third of area between Fly delta, estuary, and south coast, Western province, Papua New Guinea.