Language name and location: Kosraean, Kosrae state, FSM [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区科斯莱 (库赛埃语 Kusaiean), 密克罗尼西亚联邦科斯雷州

 

1. sie

21.  loŋowl sie

2. luo

22.  loŋowl luo

3. tolu

23.  loŋowl tolu

4. ækoʂ

24.  loŋowl ækoʂ

5. limekɔʂ  

25.  loŋowl limekɔʂ

6. ɔnkɔʂ

26.  loŋowl ɔnkɔʂ

7. itkɔʂ

27.  loŋowl itkɔʂ

8. alkɔʂ

28.  loŋowl alkɔʂ

9.  

29.  loŋowl

10. siŋəwl

30.  tolŋowl

11. siŋəwl sie

40.  aŋːawl

12. siŋəwl luo

50.  lamŋawl

13. siŋəwl tolu

60.  onŋowl

14. siŋəwl ækoʂ

70.  itŋəwl

15. siŋəwl limekɔʂ

80.  alŋəwl

16. siŋəwl ɔnkɔʂ

90.  jəŋəwl

17. siŋəwl itkɔʂ

100. siofok

18. siŋəwl alkɔʂ

200. lofoko

19. siŋəwl

1000. tawsin se (tawsin> English 'thousand')

20. loŋowl

2000. tawsin luo

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Emerson Odango, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA, February 4, 2012.

The data were relied on the Kusaiean-English dictionary (Kee-dong Lee, 1976) and A Kusaiean reference grammar (Kee-dong Lee, 1974).

References

 1. Bender, Bryon W., Ward H. Goodenough, Frederick H. Jackson, Jeffrey C. Mark,

    Kenneth L. Rehg, Ho-min Sohn, Stephen Trussel & Judith W. Wang. 2003a.

    Proto-Micronesian Recosntructions-1. Oceanic Linguistics 42. 1-110.

 2. Lee, Kee-dong. 1975. Kusaiean reference grammar. PALI Language Textsː Micronesia.

    Honolulu, HIː University of Hawai'i Press.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Emerson Odango, 2012 年 2 月 4 日

 

Other comments: Kosraean has a decimal system with several sets of classifiers which used with different nouns similar to other Micronesian languages. The above set is used for series counting provided by Dr. Elaine M. Good of department of Languages and Literature, University of Papua New Guinea sent old data for Kusaiean language to Eugene Chan in September 1, 1988.  Kosraean is spoken by about 8,000 speakers  in Kosrae state; Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia.

Kosraean Phonetic Chart:

 Consonantsː

 

Bilabial

Labio-Dental

Dental

Alveolar

Retroflex

Palatal

Velar

Stops

  Plain

  Velarized
 
Labio-velar

 

p

 

 

t
t
ˠ
ˠ

     

 

k
k
ˠ
k
ʷˠ

Nasals

  Plain

  Velarized
 
Labio-velar

 

m

mˠ

 

   

n
n
ˠ
n
ʷˠ

     

 

ŋ
ŋ
ˠ
ŋʷˠ

 Fricatives

  Plain

  Velarized
 
Labio-velar

   

f

fˠ

 

 

s
s
ˠ
s
ʷˠ

   

ʂ
ʂ
ˠ
ʂ
ʷˠ

   

Approximants

     w    

 

       j

Flaps

  Plain

  Velarized
 
Labio-velar

 

 

 

      

r
r
ˠ
r
ʷˠ

   

 

Lateral Approximants

  Plain

  Velarized
 
Labio-velar

 

 

 

 

 

l
l
ˠ
l
ʷˠ

 

 

 

 

 

Vowelsː

 

Front

Mid

Back

High

    i

       ɨ

     u

Upper Mid

    e

       ə

     o

Lower Mid

    ɛ

      ʌ

     ɔ

Low

    æ       a      ɒ

 


 

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