How to count in Ketengban (Oktengban), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken West Papua in Indonesia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | gum | |
| 1 | tenpu [left little finger] | tenpunge mennye menmenange |
| 2 | bitine, butini, bitini [left ring finger] | buntininge |
| 3 | weneri [left middle finger] | weneringe |
| 4 | dumbari [left point finger] | dumnge |
| 5 | pamubari [left thumb] | pamunge |
| 6 | ngangtan [left wrist] | ngangtange |
| 7 | yo nitam, yoneitam [left low elbow] | yo nitamnge |
| 8 | banbari [left elbow] | bannge |
| 9 | toupne [left bicep] | toupnenge |
| 10 | morokyo, taubari, gon [left shoulder] | morokyonge gonnge |
| 11 | kum [left neck] | |
| 12 | amol di uca, amul [left ear] | |
| 13 | asuru [left eye] | |
| 14 | ue [nose] | |
| 15 | dana asuru [right eye] | |
| 16 | dana amul, dana amol [right ear] | |
| 17 | dana kum [right neck] | |
| 18 | dana gon [right shoulder] | |
| 19 | dana toupne [right bicep] | |
| 20 | dana banbari, asuru di uca [right elbow] | |
| 21 | dana tanpu yo nitam di bana ban dana tenpu [right low elbow] |
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| 22 | dana bitini [right wrist] | |
| 23 | dana weneri [right thumb] | |
| 24 | dana dumbari [right point finger] | |
| 25 | dana pamubari [right middle finger] | |
| 26 | dana ngangtanbari [right ring finger] | |
| 27 | dana yoneitambari [right little finger] | |
| 1/4 | tenpudi bokra dumbari kemna | |
| 1/2 | nitamai bongdona |
Information about Ketengban numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Ketengban.htm
https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/38479
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050919318071
Information about Ketengban
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketengban_language
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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