Ajie / Houaïlou

Language name and locationː Ajië, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿杰语 (霍瓦伊卢语 Houaïlou), 新喀里多尼亚岛中部沿海地区

1. raːxãː, ra	21.
2. kaːru	22.
3. kariɽi	23.
4. kavɯɛ	24.
5. kaniː	25.
6. kaniː na mã raːxãː (5 + 1)	26.
7. kaniː na mã kaːru (5 + 2)	27.
8. kaniː na mã kariɽi (5 + 3)	28.
9. kaniː na mã kavɯɛ (5 + 4)	29.
10. pãrɔɽɔ	30. ra kãmɔ mã pãrɔɽɔ (20+10)
11. pãrɔɽɔ na mã raːxãː	40. kaːru kãmɔ (litː 'two persons')
12. pãrɔɽɔ na mã kaːru	50. kaːru kãmɔ mã pãrɔɽɔ
13. pãrɔɽɔ na mã kariɽi	60. kariɽi kãmɔ (litː 'three persons')
14. pãrɔɽɔ na mã kavɯɛ	70. kariɽi kãmɔ mã pãrɔɽɔ
15. pãrɔɽɔ na mã dɛxã e ã	80. kavɯɛ kãmɔ (litː 'four persons')
16. pãrɔɽɔ na mã dɛxã e ã mã raːxãː	90. kavɯɛ kãmɔ mã pãrɔɽɔ
17. pãrɔɽɔ na mã dɛxã e ã mã kaːru	100. kaniː kãmɔ (litː 'five persons')
18. pãrɔɽɔ na mã dɛxã e ã mã kariɽi
19. pãrɔɽɔ na mã dɛxã e ã mã kavɯɛ
20. (tawarɛ) ra kãmɔ (litː 'one person')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France.
June 16, 1997.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, 1997 年 6 月 16 日

Other comments: Ajië has a traditional quinary-vigesimal system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Note that fifteen is expressed by ''ten plus another side (of hand)''. Ajië is spoken by about 5,000 speakers in Houaïlou east coast, and Monéo to Kouaoua and inland valleys of North and South provinces, New Caledonia.

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