Language name and locationː Bwatoo, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区布瓦图语, 新喀里多尼亚岛西北部地区

 

1. θaːŋ / θaː

2. ʈalo

3. ʈien

4. fae / faeː

5. nim ( litː 'hand' )

6. nim ᵐbʷa θaːŋ  (5+1)

7. nim ᵐbʷa ʈalo  (5+2)

8. nim ᵐbʷa ʈien  (5+3)

9. nim ᵐbʷa faeː   (5+4)

10. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (litː 'completed two hands')

11. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa θaːŋ

12. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa ʈalo

13. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa ʈien

14. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa faeː

15. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa nim

16. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa nim ᵐbʷa θaːŋ

17. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa nim ᵐbʷa ʈalo

18. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa nim ᵐbʷa ʈien

19. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa nim ᵐbʷa faeː

20. ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe (ka) ᵐbʷa ᶮɟoa-lu-xa-ᶮɟe, or θaːŋe-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (litː 'one person')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jean-Claude Rivierre, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France. June 21, 2006.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jean-Claude Rivierre, 2006 年 6 月 21 日

 

Other comments: Bwatoo has a traditional quinary-vigesimal counting system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. However, nowadays, the people frequently used French numbers after twenty. Other traditional higher numerals areː
30.
θaːŋe-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (ka) ᵐbʷa ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe, 40. ʈalo--a-ɣaːᵐbuit (2 x 20),
50. ʈalo-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (ka) ᵐbʷa ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe,  60. ʈien--a-ɣaːᵐbuit (3 x 20),
70. ʈien-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (ka) ᵐbʷa ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe,  80. fae-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (4 x 20),
90. fae-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (ka) ᵐbʷa ᶮɟoa-lu-θiː-ᶮɟe, 100. nim-a-ɣaːᵐbuit (5 x 20). 

Bwatoo is an endangered language with about 150 speakers spoken in west coast of

North and South provinces, New Caledonia.


 

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