Language name and locationː Jawe, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 韦语, 新喀里多尼亚岛东北部海岸地区

 

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

 

20. siic kac  (lit: ''kac='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: 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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