Language name and location: Kiribati, Kiribati, Fiji, Tuvalu [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区里巴斯, 里巴斯共和, 斐济, 图瓦卢及所罗门群岛

 

1. teu̯ana

21.  u̯abʷiː mæ teu̯ana

2. u̯ou̯a

22.  u̯abʷiː mæ u̯ou̯a

3. teniu̯a

23.  u̯abʷiː mæ teniu̯a

4. au̯a

24.  u̯abʷiː mæ au̯a

5. nimæu̯a

25.  u̯abʷiː mæ nimæu̯a

6. onou̯a

26.  u̯abʷiː mæ onou̯a

7. isiu̯a / isuːa

27.  u̯abʷiː mæ isiu̯a

8. waniu̯a / wanuːa

28.  u̯abʷiː mæ waniu̯a

9. ruai̯u̯a

29.  u̯abʷiː mæ ruai̯u̯a

10. tebʷiːna / ŋaun *

30.  tenibʷiː

11. tebʷiːna mæ teu̯ana

40.  abʷiː

12. tebʷiːna mæ u̯ou̯a

50.  nimabʷiː

13. tebʷiːna mæ teniu̯a

60.  onobʷiː

14. tebʷiːna mæ au̯a

70.  isibʷiː

15. tebʷiːna mæ nimæu̯a

80.  wanibʷiː

16. tebʷiːna mæ onou̯a

90.  ruabʷiː

17. tebʷiːna mæ isiu̯a

100. tebubʷa

18. tebʷiːna mæ waniu̯a

200. u̯abuʷa

19. tebʷiːna mæ ruai̯u̯a

1000. teŋaː

20. u̯abʷiː

2000. u̯oŋaː

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Shelly Harrison, University of Western Australia, Australia, June 26, 2006.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Shelly Harrison, 2006 年 6 月 26 日

 

Other comments: Kiribati has a decimal system with several sets of classifiers which used with different nouns. The second form of 'ten' ŋaun is used for counting person or animal. Kiribati is spoken by about 118,000 speakers in the Republic of Kiribati, Fiji, Tuvalu and Solomon Islands.


 

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