Kanum language

Kanum
Region	New Guinea
Native speakers	340 (1996)[1]
Language family	Trans-Fly – Bulaka River? Yam Tonda Kanum
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: kcd – Ngkâlmpw Kanum khd – Bädi Kanum krz – Sota Kanum kxq – Smärky Kanum
Glottolog	kanu1280[2]

Kanum is a language complex with difficult mutual intelligibility spoken by the Kanum people of New Guinea.

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

1. 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)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kanum". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.