Yabem-Yabim

Language name and locationː Yabem, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 雅比姆语, 巴布亚新几内亚莫内比省胡翁半岛

1. tɛŋ / ta-ɛŋ	21. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano ta
2. luàɡeʔ / làɡeʔ	22. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano luàɡeʔ
3. teleàʔ	23. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano teleàʔ
4. àʔlèʔ	24. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano àʔlèʔ
5. lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ (litː 'hand one')	25. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ
6. lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano ta ( 5 + 1 )	26. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano ta
7. lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano luàɡeʔ ( 5 + 2 )	27. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano luàɡeʔ
8. lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano teleàʔ ( 5 + 3 )	28. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano teleàʔ
9. lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano àʔlèʔ ( 5 + 4 )	29. ŋaʔ samuʔ ŋano lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ŋano àʔlèʔ
10. lɛmɛŋ lu (litː 'hands two')	30. ŋaʔ samuʔ ma ŋa lɛmɛŋ lu
11. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano ta	40. ŋaʔ samuʔ luàɡeʔ ( 20 x 2 )
12. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano luàɡeʔ	50. ŋaʔ samuʔ luàɡeʔ ma ŋa lɛmɛŋ lu
13. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano teleàʔ	60. ŋaʔ samuʔ teleàʔ ( 20 x 3 )
14. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano àʔlèʔ	70. ŋaʔ samuʔ teleàʔ ma ŋa lɛmɛŋ lu
15. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano lɛmɛŋtɛŋ	80. ŋaʔ samuʔ àʔlèʔ ( 20 x 4 )
16. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano lɛmɛŋtɛŋ ŋano ta	90. ŋaʔ samuʔ àʔlèʔ ma ŋa lɛmɛŋ lu
17. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano lɛmɛŋtɛŋ ŋano luàɡeʔ	100. ŋaʔ samuʔ lɛmɛŋ tɛŋ ( 20 x 5 )
18. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano lɛmɛŋtɛŋ ŋano teleàʔ	1000. tausen ( < German / English )
19. lɛmɛŋ lu ŋano lɛmɛŋtɛŋ ŋano àʔlèʔ
20. ŋaʔ samuʔ (tɛŋ) *

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Joel Bradshaw, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA. September 21, 2011.

Referenceː Otto Dempwolff, 1939, Grammar of the Jabem language in New Guinea.

Translated by Joel Bradshaw and Francisc Czobor, 2005, University of Hawaii.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Joel Bradshaw, 2011 年 9 月 21 日.

Other comments: Yabem has a quinary system with one word for twenty 'ŋaʔ samuʔ (tɛŋ)' which mean 'person whole (one)'. Generally only numbers 1 - 5 and 10 are regularly used now. They usually use English numbers. Like Bukawac, Yabem is a tonal language. Yabem or Jabêm is spoken by about 2,000 people at Finschhafen, which is on the southern tip of the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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