Ngalum numbers

How to count in Ngalum, a member of the Ok branch of the Trans-New-Guinea language family spoken in Papua province of Indonesia, and in Sandaun province of Papua New Guinea.

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Numeral	Cardinal
1	maki [left little finger]
2	lao [left ring finger]
3	wir [left middle finger]
4	laplao [left point finger]
5	el [left thumb]
6	bangup [left wrist]
7	pet [left low elbow]
8	pasik [left elbow]
9	ti [left bicep]
10	dangol [left shoulder]
11	kum [left neck]
12	sirong [left ear]
13	sir [left eye]
14	misol [nose]
15	dake sirmaki [right eye]
16	dake sirong maki [right ear]
17	dake kumki [right neck]
18	dake dangolki [right shoulder]
19	dake tiki [right bicep]
20	dake pasiki [right elbow]
21	dake petki [right low elbow]
22	dake bangupki [right wrist]
23	dake elki [right thumb]
24	dake laplaoki [right point finger]
25	dake wirki [right middle finger]
26	dake laoki [right ring finger]
27	top maki [right little finger]

Source: Android-Based Digitalization of Number System of Traditional, Ngalum, Ketengban, Lepki and Arimtap Tribes

Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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Information about Ngalum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngalum_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/szb

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