Ngkolmpu Kanum language
| Kanum | |
|---|---|
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | (340 cited 1996)[1] |
Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:kcd – Ngkâlmpw Kanumkhd – Bädi Kanumkrz – Sota Kanumkxq – Smärky Kanum |
| Glottolog | kanu1280 |
Kanum is a language complex with difficult mutual intelligibility spoken by the Kanum people of New Guinea. Language varieties within Kanum have variously been referred to as Ngkâlmpw Kanum, Enkelembu, Kenume and Knwne.[2]
Kanum has a base-6 numeral system. For example, the numeral 200 is:
swabra ptae ynaoaemy ntamnao 5 6²s (36s) (and) 2 (and) 3×6
References
- ^ Ngkâlmpw Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Bädi Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sota Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Smärky Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngkolmpu Kanum language". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
