Language name and location: Fagauvea, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 法加-乌维亚语 (西乌维亚语 West Uvea), 新喀里多尼亚东面洛亚蒂群岛之乌维亚环礁

1. tahi

2. lua

3. tolu

4. faː

5. lima ( lit: 'hand')

6. tahi hona tupu ( 1+ 5 ) (lit: 'tupu' means 'sum')

7. lua hona tupu  ( 2+ 5 )

8. tolu hona tupu ( 3+ 5 )

9. fa: hona tupu   ( 4+ 5 )

10. lua a lima  ( lit: 'two hands')  

11. lua a lima ma tahi, tahi a koje ( Archaic form) *

12. lua a lima ma lua,  lua a koje

13. lua a lima ma tolu, tolu a koje

14. lua a lima ma fa:,  fa: a koje

15. lua a lima ma lima, lima a koje

16. lua a lima ma tahi hona tupu *, tahi a hano

17. lua a lima ma lua hona tupu, lua a hano

18. lua a lima ma tolu hona tupu, tolu a hano

19. lua a lima ma fa: hona tupu, fa: a hano

20. tahi a teenua, tahi enea , 40. lua a teenua, lua enea,

100. lima a teenua, lima enea

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jim Hollyman, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand, October 15, 1997.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jim Hollyman, 1997 年 10月 15 日

Other comments: West Uvea or Fagauvea has the only Polynesian language use a quinary numeral system. It is probably the original decimal Polynesian people influenced by the nearby Iaai people who used a quinary numeral system, and changed from a decimal system to a quinary one. There are two sets of numerals from 11 to 20, the second way was the archaic form. The word 'tupu' means 'sum', 'teanua' in 'tahi a teanua' means 'human body', 'nea' in 'tahi enea' means 'man'. Nowadays, the West Uvea or Faga Uvea people use French or Iaai numeral systems more frequently. Fagauvea is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in Lifou and Tiga, Ouvea Atoll, north and south, Loyalty Islands province, New Caledonia.