Language
name and locationː
Iaai,
Loyalty
Islands,
New Caledonia
[Ref to
Ethnologue] |
1. xaca |
21. xaca at me xaca |
2. lo |
22. xaca at me lo |
3. kun |
23. xaca at me kun |
4. wɛk |
24. xaca at me wɛk |
5. θabuŋ / xaca ɲ̥aːm |
25. xaca at me θabuŋ |
6. θabuŋ me xaca / xaca ɲ̥aːm nua caxa |
26. xaca at me θabuŋ me xaca |
7. θabuŋ me lo / xaca ɲ̥aːm nua lo |
27. xaca at me θabuŋ me lo |
8. θabuŋ me kun / xaca ɲ̥aːm nua kun |
28. xaca at me θabuŋ me kun |
9. θabuŋ me wɛk / xaca ɲ̥aːm nua wɛk |
29. xaca at me θabuŋ me wɛk |
10. xaca uθat / lo li ɲ̥aːm |
30. xaca at ke uθat |
11. xaca uθat me xaca / lo li ɲ̥aːm n. x. |
40. lo li at |
12. xaca uθat me lo |
50. lo li at ke uθat |
13. xaca uθat me kun |
60. kun ta at |
14. xaca uθat me wɛk |
70. kun ta at ke uθat |
15. xaca uθat me θabuŋ / kun ta ɲ̥aːm |
80. wɛk ta at |
16. xaca uθat me θabuŋ me xaca * |
90. wɛk ta at ke uθat |
17. xaca uθat me θabuŋ me lo |
100. θabuŋ ta at |
18. xaca uθat me θabuŋ me kun |
200. xaca uθat ta at |
19. xaca uθat me θabuŋ me wɛk |
1000. xaca ɲ̥aːm xaca uθat ta at |
20. xaca at |
2000. xaca at θabuŋ ta at |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Anne-Laure Dotte, l'université Lumière-Lyon
2, Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage Orale & Laboratoire Langues et
Cultures à Tradition Orale, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France,
January 17, 2011. |
Other comments: Iaai has a traditional quinary system with hands and persons. The word 'xaca at' means 'one man' used for 20, but they use different expressions for 30 to 90. There are options for 5 to 10, 11 to 19. 16 to 19 can be expressed by 'kun ta ɲ̥aːm nua xaca 16, kun ta ɲ̥aːm nua wɛk 19'. The above data was collected on fieldwork between October and December 2010 in Uvea island with one speaker (71 years old.). Noteː c=IPA [t͡ʃ]. The French equivalents are more frequently used. Iaai is spoken by about 4,000 speakers in Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands province, New Caledonia. |
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