Language name and locationː Baki, Epi Island, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. tai, takurano |
21. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba takurano |
2. tʃuwo |
22. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba tʃuwo |
3. tolu |
23. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba tolu |
4. βeri |
24. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba βeri |
5. tʃima |
25. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba tʃima |
6. ari ( 5 + 1 ) |
26. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba ari |
7. aluwo ( 5 + 2 ) |
27. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba aluwo |
8. arolu ( 5 + 3 ) |
28. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba arolu |
9. aβeri ( 5 + 4 ) |
29. duwelimo βa tʃuwo ᵐba aβeri |
10. duwelimo ( 5 + 5 ) |
30. duwelimo βa tolu |
11. duwelimo ᵐba takurano |
40. duwelimo βa βeri |
12. duwelimo ᵐba tʃuwo |
50. duwelimo βa tʃima |
13. duwelimo ᵐba tolu |
60. duwelimo βa ari |
14. duwelimo ᵐba βeri |
70. duwelimo βa aluwo |
15. duwelimo ᵐba tʃima |
80. duwelimo βa arolu |
16. duwelimo ᵐba ari |
90. duwelimo βa aβeri |
17. duwelimo ᵐba aluwo |
100. duwelimo βa duwelimo (10 x 10) |
18. duwelimo ᵐba arolu |
200. duwelimo toro-momou tʃuwo |
19. duwelimo ᵐba aβeri |
1000. menu takurano (<Polynesian ) |
20. duwelimo βa tʃuwo |
2000. menu tʃuwo |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Robert Early, Department of Linguistics,
University of South
Pacific, Suva, Fiji, March
18, 1998. |
Other comments: Baki has a quinary system. the word for 'thousand' menu is a loanword from Polynesian language. Baki is spoken by about 350 speakers (Lynch and Crowley 2001) in west Epi island, Shefa province, Vanuatu. |
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