How to count in Yabem (Jabêm), a Western Oceanic language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
| Numerals | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | ta, ta-geŋ, teŋ |
| 2 | luàgêc |
| 3 | têlêàc |
| 4 | àclê |
| 5 | lemeŋ-teŋ |
| 6 | lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô ta |
| 7 | lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô luàgêc |
| 8 | lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô têlêàc |
| 9 | lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô àclê |
| 10 | lemeŋ-lu, lemelu |
| 11 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô ta |
| 12 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô luàgêc |
| 13 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô têlêàc |
| 14 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô àclê |
| 15 | lemeŋ-lu ŋa-lemeŋ-teŋ |
| 16 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô ta |
| 17 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô luàgêc |
| 18 | lemeŋ-lu ŋanô lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô têlêàc |
| 19 | lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô ŋanô àclê |
| 20 | ŋac teŋ, ŋac-samuc |
| 21 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô ta |
| 22 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô luàgêc |
| 23 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô têlêàc |
| 24 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô àclê |
| 25 | ŋac-samuc ŋa-lemeŋ-teŋ |
| 26 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô ta |
| 27 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô luàgêc |
| 28 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô lemeŋ-teŋ ŋanô têlêàc |
| 29 | ŋac-samuc ŋanô ŋanô àclê |
| 30 | ŋac-samuc ma ŋa lemeŋ teŋ |
| 40 | ŋac-samuc luàgêc |
| 50 | ŋac-samuc luàgêc ma ŋa lemeŋ teŋ |
| 60 | ŋac-samuc têlêàc |
| 70 | ŋac-samuc têlêàc ma ŋa lemeŋ teŋ |
| 80 | ŋac-samuc àclê |
| 90 | ŋac-samuc àclê ma ŋa lemeŋ teŋ |
| 100 | ŋac-samuc lemeŋ teŋ |
| 1,000) | tausen |
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Information about Yabem numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabem_language#Numerals
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Yabem.htm
Information about Yabem | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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