Language
name and locationː Aneityum,
Aneityum
Island,
Vanuatu [Ref to
Ethnologue] |
1. ithii [it.hi:] |
21. twante wan |
2. erou ['ɛɾou] |
22. twante tu |
3. eseč / esej ['ʔɛsɛit͡ʃ] |
23. twante tri |
4. emanohowan [ɛma'nɔhɔwan]*, fo |
24. twante fo |
5. nijman [nit͡ʃman), faiv |
25. twante faev |
6. meled [mɛlɛθ], sikis |
26. twante sikis |
7. meled-erou, seven |
27. twante seven |
8. meled-esej, eit |
28. twante eit |
9. meled-emanohowan, naen |
29. twante naen |
10. nijman-nijman, ten |
30. toti |
11. leven |
40. foti |
12. twelev |
50. fifti |
13. tetin |
60. sikisti |
14. fortin |
70. seventi |
15. fiftin |
80. eiti |
16. siksitin |
90. naenti |
17. seventin |
100. handred |
18. eitin |
200. tu handred |
19. naentin |
1000. taosen |
20. nijman erou un reduon*, twante |
2000. tu taosen |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. John Lynch,
University of South
Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu,
July 3, 1998, March 27, 2013. |
Other comments: Modern Aneityum only retained traditional numerals from 1 to 3, after that they use Bislama numerals. Aneityum has an obsolete quinary / vigesimal counting system recorded one hundred year ago, twenty was expressed by nijman erou un reduon which meant 'two hands and two feet'. Note that Aneityum form for 6 is just LIG: meled 6 is composed of m- 'echo subject prefix' eled 'be left over'. Numerals 7-9 are composed of meled-2 / 3 /4. Aneityum is spoken by about 900 speakers (Lynch and Crowley 2001) in Aneityum island, Tafea province, Vanuatu. |
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