Region New Guinea Glottolog kanu1280 | Native speakers 340 (1996) | |
Language family Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
Yam
Tonda
Kanum ISO 639-3 Variously:
kcd – Ngkâlmpw Kanum
khd – Bädi Kanum
krz – Sota Kanum
kxq – Smärky Kanum | ||
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.
Kanum has a base-6 numeral system. For example, the numeral 200 is:
References
Kanum language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA