Language name and location: Chuukese, Chuuk state,
FSM
[Refer to: Ethnologue] |
1. ɛːw |
21. rʉwɛ mɛ ɛːw |
2. ruːw |
22. rʉwɛ mɛ ruːw |
3. ʉnʉŋat |
23. rʉwɛ mɛ ʉnʉŋat |
4. rʉaːnʉ |
24. rʉwɛ mɛ rʉaːnʉ |
5. nɨmuːw |
25. rʉwɛ mɛ nɨmuːw |
6. wonuːw |
26. rʉwɛ mɛ wonuːw |
7. fɨsuːw |
27. rʉwɛ mɛ fɨsuːw |
8. wanʉːw |
28. rʉwɛ mɛ wanʉːw |
9. tiuːw |
29. rʉwɛ mɛ tiuːw |
10. ɛŋɔːn |
30. iniːk |
11. ɛŋɔːn mɛ ɛːw |
40. fæjik |
12. ɛŋɔːn mɛ ruːw |
50. nɨmɛ |
13. ɛŋɔːn mɛ ʉnʉŋat |
60. wonɛ |
14. ɛŋɔːn mɛ rʉaːnʉ |
70. fiːk |
15. ɛŋɔːn mɛ nɨmuːw |
80. waniːk |
16. ɛŋɔːn mɛ wonuːw |
90. tiwɛ |
17. ɛŋɔːn mɛ fɨsuːw |
100. ipʷˠʉkʉ |
18. ɛŋɔːn mɛ wanʉːw |
200. rʉwɞpʷˠʉkʉ |
19. ɛŋɔːn mɛ tiuːw |
1000. ɛŋɞrɞʉ̯ |
20. rʉwɛ |
2000. rʉwɞŋɞrɞʉ̯ |
Linguist providing data and dateː
Dr. Emerson Odango,
Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA,
May 1, |
Other comments: Trukese or Chuukese has a decimal system with several sets of classifiers which used with different nouns similar to Pááféng and Mortlockese. The data is from Nómwoneas [nɔmʷˠonɛas] dialect. Chuukese is spoken by about 60,000 speakers in Chuuk Lagoon, Caroline Islands, Chuuk state and Pohnpei island, the Federated States of Micronesia. Consonantsː
* Various dialects have either /ts/ or /tʃ/. Singleton nasals are denasalized inter-vocalically. Vowelsː
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