Language name and locationː Bunun, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布农语 ( 郡社群方言 Isbukun dialect), 台湾中南部 

1. tasa / tacini

21.   mapusan han tasa

2. dusa / dadusa (cf. padusa 'half')

22.   mapusan han dusa

3. tau / tatau

23.   mapusan han tau

4. paat /sasapaat

24.   mapusan han paat

5. ima; himaʔ / a-ima; hahima

25.   mapusan han ima

6. nuum / a-apnum

26.   mapusan han nuum

7. pitu /papitu

27.   mapusan han pitu

8. vau / vavau

28.   mapusan han vau

9. siva / sasiva

29.   mapusan han siva

10. mas-an / mamas-an

30.   maciun

11. mas-an han tasa

40.   masipaatun

12. mas-an han dusa

50.   ma-imaun

13. mas-an han tau

60.   manuumun

14. mas-an han paat

70.   mapituun

15. mas-an han ima

80.   mavaun

16. mas-an han nuum

90.   masivaun

17. mas-an han pitu

100. saba; tastusaba

18. mas-an han vau

200. 

19. mas-an han siva

1000. mas-an suh(a)is saba; tastulinuhus

20. mapusan

2000.  

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Haowen Jiang, Graduate Student, Department of Linguistics, Rice University, US.  July 3, 2012.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Haowen Jiang, 2012 年 7 月 3 日

Other comments:  There are two forms of cardinal numbers from 1 to 10 in Isbukun Bunun. The first one is used in series counting and counting things, the second for counting human beings. There are there expressions for 1000ː

1. mas-an suh(a)is saba; 2. tastulinuhus; 3. tastumas-an

Note 1: The terms on the left of the slash (/) are used for non-human entities while those on the right for human ones.

Note 2: Ordinal numbers are formed by adding tasmai- to the beginning of cardinal numbers, e.g. tasmaidusa ‘second’,  tasmaisiva ‘nineth’, tasmaimas-anhantasa ‘eleventh’ etc.

Note 3: The hyphen functions like the diaeresis in French (i.e. two dots over the letter,

e.g. naive). It does not mark morpheme boundaries.

Language name and locationː Bunun, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 布农语 ( 中部方言 Central dialect), 台湾中南部 

1. tasʔaʔ / tatiniʔ

21.   mapusan qan tasʔaʔ

2. dusaʔ / (da)dusaʔ

22.   mapusan qan dusaʔ

3. tau / (ta)tau

23.   mapusan qan tau

4. paat / (sas)pat

24.   mapusan qan paat

5. himaʔ / (ha)himaʔ

25.   mapusan qan himaʔ

6. nuum / (haʔ)num

26.   mapusan qan nuum

7. pituʔ / (pa)pituʔ

27.   mapusan qan pituʔ

8. vauʔ / vavauʔ

28.   mapusan qan vauʔ

9. sivaʔ / sasiva

29.   mapusan qan sivaʔ

10. masʔan / mamasʔan

30.   matiʔun

11. masʔan qan tasʔaʔ

40.   masipatun

12. masʔan qan dusaʔ

50.   mahimaʔun

13. masʔan qan tau

60.   manumun

14. masʔan qan paat

70.   mapituʔun

15. masʔan qan himaʔ

80.   mavauʔun

16. masʔan qan nuum

90.   masivaʔun

17. masʔan qan pituʔ

100. sabaʔ

18. masʔan qan vauʔ

200. dusaʔ sabaʔ

19. masʔan qan sivaʔ

1000. masʔan sabaʔ ( 10 x 100 )

20. mapusan

2000.  

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Paul Jen-kuei Li , 21 March, 1993

Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

提供资料的语言学家: 李壬癸教授, 1993 年 3 月 21 日

Other comments:  There are two forms of cardinal numbers from 1 to 10 in Bunun.

The first one is used in series counting and counting things, the second for counting human beings.