Language
name and locationː
Jawe,
New Caledonia
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. siic, seec |
21. |
2. seluk |
22. |
3. seen |
23. |
4. phoec |
24. |
5. nim |
25. |
6. ni-siic, ni seec (5+1) |
26. |
7. ni-seluk (5+2) |
27. |
8. ni-seen (5+3) |
28. |
9. ni-phoec (5+4) |
29. |
10. paidu ( litː 'two hands') |
30. siic kac bwan paidu |
11. paidu bwan siic |
40. seluk kac (lit: 'two persons') |
12. paidu bwan selu |
50. seluk kac bwan paidu |
13. paidu bwan seen |
60. seen kac (lit: 'three persons') |
14. paidu bwan phoec |
70. seen kac bwan paidu |
15. paidu bwan nim |
80. phoec kac (lit: 'four persons') |
16. paidu bwan ni-siic |
90. phoec kac bwan paidu |
17. paidu bwan ni-seluk |
100. nim kac (lit: 'five persons') |
18. paidu bwan ni-seen |
|
19. paidu bwan ni-phoec |
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20. siic kac (lit: ''kac='person') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France. |
Other comments: Jawe has a traditional quinary / vigesimal counting system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Nowadays, the Jawe people may have used French numbers after five. Jawe is spoken by about 900 speakers in east coast of North province, New Caledonia. |
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