Language name and locationː Aneityum, Aneityum Island, Vanuatu [Ref to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区阿内琼语, 瓦努阿图共和国南部阿内琼

 

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.
提供资的语言家: Prof. John Lynch, 1998 年 7 月 3 日, 2013 年 3 月 27 日

 

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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