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

语言名称和分布地区: 尼尼亚-雅里语(中部雅里语 Central Yali), 印尼巴布亚省中部高地

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 ( '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: Central Yali or Middle Yali or Ninia Yali is spoken by approximately 10,000 speakers in Holuwon, Lolat, and Ninia villages, central highlands, Papua province, Indonesia. Central Yali,or Ninia Yali has a body-tally system.

1. Central Yali,or Ninia 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