Language name and locationː Drehu, Lifou island, New Caledonia [Ref to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区德内胡语 (德胡语 Dehu), 新喀里多尼亚岛洛亚蒂群岛省利富岛

 

1. caːs  

21.  caːʈ ŋe caːs / ʈueɖi waːn (<English)

2. lueʈe

22.  caːʈ ŋe lueʈe / ʈueɖi ʈuː (<English)

3. køniʈe

23.  caːʈ ŋe køniʈe  / ʈueɖi θeri (<English)

4. ekeʈe

24.  caːʈ ŋe ekeʈ

5. ʈiːpi   (1x 5)=one hand ?)

25.  caːʈ ŋe ʈiːpi

6. caːŋømen    (1+5)

26.  caːʈ ŋe caːŋømen

7. lueŋømen   (2+5)

27.  caːʈ ŋe lueŋømen

8. køniŋømen (3+5)

28.  caːʈ ŋe køniŋømen

9. ekeŋømen   (4+5)

29.  caːʈ ŋe ekeŋømen 

10. luepi  (2 x 5) / ʈeː (<English) *

30.  caːʈ ŋe luepi / θøʈe (<English)

11. caːko  / levin

40.  luaʈ  ('two persons') / foʈe (<English)

12. luako / ʈuelof

50.  luaʈ ŋe luepi / fifiʈe (<English)

13. køniko / θøʈin

60.  køniaʈ ('three persons)/sikisiʈe

14. ekako / foʈin

70.  køniaʈ ŋe luepi /semiʈe (<English)

15. kønipi (3 x 5) / fifiʈin (<English)

80.  ekaʈ ('four persons) /eiʈe (<English)

16. caːw̥aihano / sikisiʈin (<English)

90.  ekaʈ ŋe luepi / naiʈe (<English)

17. luew̥aihano / semiɖin (<English)

100. ʈiːpi o aʈ ('five persons) / haɖeɖ

18. køniw̥aihano / eiʈin (<English)

200. lue haɖeɖ (<English)

19. ekew̥aihano / naeɖin (<English)

1000. θaʊzan (<English)

20. caːʈ (litː 'one man') / ʈueɖe 

2000. lue θaʊzan

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France, June 1, 2006.
供资料的语言 学家: Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, 2006 年 6 月 1 日.

 

Other comments: Dehu or Drehu has a traditional quinary system with hands and persons. However, they are now using English borrowings with phonological adaptations more often. Noteː c=IPA [t͡ʃ]. Traditional numerals after five are seldom used. Drehu is spoken by about 15,000 speakers in Lifou and Tiga, Loyalty Islands province, New Caledonia.


 

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