Language name and location: Central Yali, Papua, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 中部雅里语, 印度尼西亚巴布亚地区

1. mɪ'sɪʔ  (litː pinky finger )

2. piˈrɛn (litː ring finger )

3. hɪna'hən (litː middle finger )

4. u'hən  (litː index finger )

5. fu'wab (litː thumb )

6. falfa'lik (litː wrist-right hand )

7. sa'bɪt (litː forearm )

8. lɪ'kɪn (litː elbow )

9. sɔ'hɔ (litː arm )

10. num (litː shoulder )

11. naŋkɔ'lɔp (litː neck ) 

12. nɪsaŋ'kɔ (litː ear )

13. nu'wal (litː side of the head, above the ear )

14. nuŋˌkul hu'rik (litː the crown / top of the head )

15. nuˌwal hu'maʔ (litː other side of the head, above the ear-left side )

16. nisaŋˌkɔ hu'maʔ (litː ear ), 17. naŋkoˌlop hu'maʔ (litː neck )

18. num hu'maʔ (litː shoulder ), 19. sɔˌhɔ hu'maʔ (litː arm), 20. lɪ'kɪn hu'maʔ (litː elbow)

21. saˌbɪt hu'maʔ (litː forearm ), 22. falfaˌlɪk hu'maʔ (litː wrist )

23. fu'wab hu'maʔ (litː thumb), 24. uhu'neʔ (litː index finger)

25. hɪˌnaha'neʔ (litː middle finger), 26. pire'neʔ (litː ring finger)

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Yusuf Sawaki, Centre for Endangered languages Documentation, State University of Papua, Papua, Indonesia, May 26, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Yusuf Sawaki, 2010 年 5 月 26 日.

Other comments:

1. Central Yali,or Nilia Yali occupies the body counting system. The basic numbers

   in Central Yali is 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and belong 5 is body-based counting system.

2. Central Yali only structures their counting on the basis of upper parts of body

    including fingers, hands, arms, shoulders, and head. It starts from one side of

    another side continuously.

3.  The Yalis start to count from the right pinky finger and move across the head

     and end up to the left pinky).

     Stop in 27 & to count it again one should repeat from 1 to 27 again. So, Middle

     Yali’s counting system is based on 27. One can go head and count the number

     more than 27 by starting again from 1 and stop in 27 by multiplying the set (1-27),

     as such multiplicities:

     teng piren  = 54 (27+27=54);  teng hinahan=81 (27+27+27=81);

     teng hinahan inim soho humag= 100 (27+27+27+14= 100);

     teng likinen=216;  teng numen=270;

     teng-teng angge likin humag inim nungkul huriken=500;

     teng-teng angge likin humag piren inim uhaneg humahen= 1000. (:)

Middle Yali Phonetic Chart:

Consonantsː 

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p, b	f	t	k	ʔ
Fricative			s		h
Nasal	m		n	ŋ
Lateral			l
Trill			r
Approximant			l	w *

w = voiced labialized velar approximant

Vowelsː