Kanum language
| Kanum | |
|---|---|
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | 340 (1996)[1] |
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Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: kcd – Ngkâlmpw Kanum khd – Bädi Kanum krz – Sota Kanum kxq – 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)
Bädi Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sota Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Smärky Kanum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kanum language". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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