Language name and locationː Kafoa, Alor island, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 卡福雅语, 印度尼西亚努东沙登加拉阿洛尔岛

1. n’uku

21.  

2. ’ɑku

22. 

3. suw’ay

23.  

4. b’utay

24.  

5. ’uwăhɛŋ

25.  

6. tal’ɑmɑ

26. 

7. bĭs’ow ('seven three')  ?

27. 

8. tudɑr’ɔko ('ten minus two') 

28.  

9. tik’ɑynuku  ( 'ten minus one')

29. 

10. k’arnuku

30.  

11. 

40.  

12. 

50. 

13. 

60.  

14. 

70.  

15.

80.  

16.

90. 

17. 

100.                    200. 

18. 

400.                    800. 

19. 

1000.

20. 

2000. 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, The Author of the website "Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5000 languages", Chicago, USA, October 7 2023.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, 2023 年 10 月 7 日.

Other comments: Kafoa or Jafoo, is an endangered Papuan language of Alor Island  with about 1,000 speakers in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. The name "Kafoa" is not recognized by speakers; it is not clear which name they use themselves. Kafoa speakers are frequently multilingual, also speaking Malay, Klon and Abui. Children are typically initially taught Malay by their parents and later acquire Kafoa after having reached school age. Kafoa has a decimal system with special forms for 7 to 9, ratu 'hundred' and ribu 'thousand' are borrowed from Indonesian. Kafoa has recorded traditional numerals from 1 to 10 years ago, not sure if they are still using old traditional numbers after 10 or now use Malay numerals after ten. New data for numbers after ten is required.