Kanum language

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