Language
name and locationː
Caac,
North province,New Caledonia
[Ref to
Ethnologue] |
1. chec [ʃec] |
21. |
2. he ruu [he ruː] |
22. |
3. he cin [he cin] |
23. |
4. he pac [pac] |
24. |
5. he nim |
25. |
6. he niyec (5+1) |
26. |
7. he nidu (5+2) |
27. |
8. he nijin (5+3) j=[ɟ] |
28. |
9. he nim pac (5+4) |
29. |
10. phaidu[ pʰaidu ] ( litː 'two hands') |
30. he ye ãc phaidu |
11. phaidu bwan he yec |
40. he ru ãc (lit: 'two persons') |
12. phaidu bwan he ruu |
50. he ru ãc phaidu |
13. phaidu bwan he cin |
60. he cin ãc (lit: 'three persons') |
14. phaidu bwan he pac |
70. he cin ãc phaidu |
15. phaidu bwan he nim |
80. he pac ãc (lit: 'four persons') |
16. |
90. he pac ãc phaidu |
17. |
100. he nim ãc (lit: 'five persons') |
18. |
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19. |
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20. he ye ãc (lit: ''ãc =''person'') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France,
June 11, 2006. Sourceː K. J. Hollyman's
field note. |
Other comments: Caac is a tonal Austronesian language. This is rare in the Austronesian language phylum. Caac has a traditional quinary /vigesimal counting system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Nowadays, the Caac people may have used French numbers after five. Caac is spoken by about 1,100 speakers in east coast, Pouébo in North province, New Caledonia. |
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