Language
name and location:
Fiji Hindi, Fiji, Australia [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. ek / wan |
21. ʈonʈiːwan |
2. dui: / ʈuː |
22. ʈonʈiːʈuː |
3. tiːn / triː |
23. ʈonʈiːtriː |
4. t͡ʃɑːr / fo |
24. ʈonʈiːfo |
5. pɑːt͡ʃ / faif |
25. ʈonʈiːfaif |
6. t͡ʃʰe / siks |
26. ʈonʈiːsiks |
7. sɑːt / sebən ~ sevən |
27. ʈonʈiːsevən |
8. ɑːʈ / əiʈ |
28. ʈonʈiːəiʈ |
9. nau / nɑːin |
29. ʈonʈiːnɑːin |
10. dəs / ʈen |
30. tiːs |
11. ɡjɑːrɑː / ilevən |
40. t͡ʃɑːlis / foʈiː |
12. bɑːrɑː / ʈolf |
50. pət͡ʃːɑːs / fifʈiː ~ fipʈi: |
13. terɑː / tʰeʈiːn ~ ʈʰeʈiːn |
60. siksʈiː |
14. t͡ʃaudaː / foʈiːn |
70. səvenʈiː ~ səbenʈiː |
15. pəndrɑː / fifʈiːn |
80. əsːiː / əiʈiː |
16. sorɑː / siksʈiːn |
90. nɑːinʈi: |
17. sətːrɑː / səbenʈiːn |
100. səu / ek səu |
18. əʈːʰɑːraː / aiʈiːn |
200. duiː səu |
19. unniːs / nɑːinʈiːn |
1000. həd͡ʒɑːr |
20. biːs / ʈonʈiː |
2000. duiː həd͡ʒɑːr |
Linguist
providing data and dateː
Mr. Mohammed Sameer and
Prof. France Mugler,
The University of South
Pacific, Suva, Fiji,
April |
Other comments:
Fiji Hindustani numeral system is similar to that of
Awadhi.
They use o=[ɔ], aː=[ɑː], a=[ə], ɪ [ɪ], ai=[aɪ], au=[ɐu]. Fiji Hindustani is spoken by approximately 330,000 speakers in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. |
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