| Kanum | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | New Guinea |
| Native speakers | 350 (1996) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | variously: kcd – Ngkâlmpw Kanum khd – Bädi Kanum krz – Sota Kanum kxq – Smärky Kanum |
Kanum is a series of languages, with difficult mutual intelligibility, spoken by the Kanum people.
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 |