Language
name and locationː
Bwatoo,
New Caledonia
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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. |
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 Bwatoo is an endangered language with about 150 speakers spoken in west coast of North and South provinces, New Caledonia. |
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