Language
name and locationː Daakaka,
Ambrym Island, Vanuatu
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. swa |
21. ʊŋ lo a swa |
2. lo |
22. ʊŋ lo a lo |
3. siː |
23. ʊŋ lo a siː |
4. βjer |
24. ʊŋ lo a βjer |
5. lim |
25. ʊŋ lo a lim |
6. miliɸsjes ( 5 + 1 ) |
26. ʊŋ lo a miliɸsjes |
7. miliβjo ( 5 + 2 ) |
27. ʊŋ lo a miliβjo |
8. miliɸsiː ( 5 + 3 ) |
28. ʊŋ lo a miliɸsiː |
9. mɛpər ( 5 + 4 ) |
29. ʊŋ lo a mɛpər |
10. sʊŋaβi |
30. ʊŋ siː |
11. sʊŋaβi a swa |
40. ʊŋ βjer |
12. sʊŋaβi a lo |
50. ʊŋ lim |
13. sʊŋaβi a siː |
60. ʊŋ miliɸsjes |
14. sʊŋaβi a βjer |
70. ʊŋ miliβjo |
15. sʊŋaβi a lim |
80. ʊŋ miliɸsiː |
16. sʊŋaβi a miliɸsjes |
90. ʊŋ mɛpər |
17. sʊŋaβi a miliβjo |
100. ʊŋ sʊŋaβi |
18. sʊŋaβi a miliɸsiː |
200. ʊŋ sʊŋaβi βja siː |
19. sʊŋaβi a mɛpər |
345. ʊŋ sʊŋaβi βja siː a ʊŋ βjer a lim' |
20. ʊŋ lo |
|
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Kilu von Prince,
Department of
German language and Linguistics, Humboldt University, Germany. November
10, 2011. |
Other comments: Daakaka or South Ambrym has a quinary counting system. 345 is expressed as ''ʊŋ sʊŋaβi βja siː a ʊŋ βjer a lim''. Daakaka is spoken by about 1,200 speakers (Lynch and Crowley 2001) in south Ambrym, between Sesivi and Baiap villages, Malampa province, Vanuatu. |
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