Language name and locationː Blablanga, Solomon Islands [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区布朗布朗加, 所罗门群岛西北部伊莎贝尔岛

 

1. ka'isa

21.  vara'daki ka'isa

2. 'pʰea

22.  vara'daki 'pʰea

3. 'tʰilo

23.  vara'daki 'tʰilo

4. 'fati

24.  vara'daki 'fati

5. 'ɡlima (< 'lima')

25.  vara'daki 'ɡlima

6. 'hnablo

26.  vara'daki 'hnablo

7. 'fitu

27.  vara'daki 'fitu

8. 'hnana

28.  vara'daki 'hnana

9. 'hneva

29.  vara'daki 'hneva

10. na'botʰo / 'botʰo

30.  tolu 'fulu

11. na'botʰo ka'isa

40.  'pʰea 'tutu ( 'two scores' )

12. na'botʰo 'pʰea

50.  'ɡlima 'fulu

13. na'botʰo 'tʰilo

60.  'tʰilo 'tutu  ( 'three scores' )

14. na'botʰo 'fati

70.  'fitu sa'lai

15. na'botʰo 'ɡlima

80.  'hnana sa'lai

16. na'botʰo 'hnablo

90.  'hneva sa'lai

17. na'botʰo 'fitu

100. ka'isa 'ɡobi

18. na'botʰo 'hnana

200. 'pʰea 'ɡobi

19. na'botʰo 'hneva

1000. ka'isa 'tʰoɣa

20. vara'daki

2000. 'pʰea 'tʰoɣa

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Radu Voica, Endangered Language Academic Program, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK., October 6, 2008.

提供资的语言家: Dr. Radu Voica, 2008 年 10 月 6 日.

 

Other comments: Blablanga has numeral system mixing with Austronesian numbers

with other indigenous origins. Numbers 'one to five, seven and ten' are from Austronesian origins. Blablanga has a traditional vigesimal system based on twenty 'tutu or tutuɣa', which means 'a score'. Blablanga is spoken in Santa Isabel island, Maringe district, Hovukoilo and Popoheo villages, Isabel province, Solomon Islands.

Note that:  Note that the <hn> as in number 6 'hnablo', 8 'hnana' and 9 'hneva' is a voiceless or devoiced nasal [n̥], traditionally spelt as 'hn'. Blablanga is spoken by about 1,700 speakers in Hovukoilo and Popoheo villages, Maringe district, Santa Isabel island, Isabel province, Solomon Islands.


 

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