Language name and locationː Fwâi, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 夫瓦伊语, 新喀里多尼亚岛北部省地区

 

1. heec

21. 

2. heluk

22. 

3. heyen

23.   

4. fovec

24.   

5. nim

25. 

6. ni-bweec, hemen heec      (5+1)

26. 

7. ni-bweluk, hemen heluk   (5+2)

27. 

8. ni-bweyen, hemen heyen  (5+3) 

28. 

9. ni-bovec, hemen fovac      (5+4)

29. 

10. paidu ( litː ''two hands'')

30.  hee kahok ɡan paidu

11. paidu ɡan heec

40.  heluk kahok (lit: 'two persons')

12. paidu ɡan heluk

50.  heluk kahok ɡan paidu

13. paidu ɡan heyen

60.  heyen kahok (lit: 'three persons')

14. paidu ɡan fovec

70.  heyen kahok ɡan paidu

15. paidu ɡan nim 

80.  fovec kahok (lit: 'four persons')

16. paidu ɡan ni-bweec

90.  fovec kahok ɡan paidu

17. paidu ɡan ni-bweluk

100. nim kahok (lit: 'five persons')

18. paidu ɡan ni-bweyen

 

19. paidu ɡan ni-bovec

 

20. hee kahok  (lit: kahok='person')

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France, June 11, 2006. Sourceː A. G. Haudricourt & F. Ozanne-Rivierre, 1982, Dictionnaire thematique des languages de la region de Hienghen, LACITO, France.
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的语言学家: Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, 2006 年 6 月 11 日

 

Other comments: Fwâi has a traditional quinary /vigesimal counting system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Nowadays, the Fwâi people may have used French numbers after five. Fwâi is spoken by about 1,800 speakers in east coast of North province, New Caledonia.


 

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