Language name and locationː Kwamera, Tanna Island, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 夸梅拉语, 瓦努阿图塔纳岛南部

1. iti, kwatia / kuatia

2. kɨru / karu

3. kahar

4. kefa

5. kɨrirum

6. kɨrirum kwatia ( 5 + 1 ) / sikis                          

7. kɨrirum kɨru    ( 5 + 2 ) / seven

8. kɨrirum kahar  ( 5 + 3 ) / eit

9. kɨrirum kefa    ( 5 + 4 ) /naen

10. kɨrirum kɨrirum ( 5 + 5 ) / ten

11. kɨrirum kɨrirum kwatia         

12. kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨru

13. kɨrirum kɨrirum kahar 

14. kɨrirum kɨrirum kefa 

15. kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨrirum ( 5 + 5 + 5 )

16. kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨrirum kwatia 

17. kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨru

18. kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨrirum kahar 

19. kɨrirum kɨrirum kɨrirum kefa 

20. iermama kuatia* / twante

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Lamont Lindstrom, Department of Anthropology, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. March 13, 1997. New data provided by Mr. Erik Stapleton (Wycliffe), Vanuatu. May 2, 2010.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Lamont Lindstrom, 1997 年 3 月 13 日. Mr. Erik Stapleton, 2010 年 5 月 2 日.

Other comments: Kwamera has a quinary counting system. Basically, they only use 1-5 vernacular and then use English from 6 upwards. In the old days, they would do six and upward by retarding five and one, two, three, etc. At ten they would repeat five twice and then add 'iti', etc, for eleven upwards. Once twenty was reached, twenty became 'one person', or 'iermama kuatia', because a person has ten fingers and ten toes. Kwamera is spoken by about 3,500 speakers (Lynch and Crowley 2001) in several villages in villages on southeast Tanna coast, Tafea province, Vanuatu.