Language name and locationː Lewo, Epi island, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区莱沃语, 瓦努阿图埃皮岛东部

 

1. ta:ɡa

21.  lualima yam lua pa ta:ɡa

2. lua

22.  lualima yam lua pa lua

3. tɛlu

23.  lualima yam lua pa tɛlu

4. βari

24.  lualima yam lua pa βari

5. lima

25.  lualima yam lua pa lima

6. orai    ( 5 + 1 )

26.  lualima yam lua pa orai

7. olua   ( 5 + 2 )

27.  lualima yam lua pa olua

8. orɛlu  ( 5 + 3 )

28.  lualima yam lua pa orɛlu

9. oβari  ( 5 + 4 )

29.  lualima yam lua pa oβari

10. lualima ( 5 + 5 )

30.  lualima yam tɛlu

11. lualima ta:ɡa pa ta:ɡa

40.  lualima yam βari

12. lualima ta:ɡa pa lua

50.  lualima yam lima

13. lualima ta:ɡa pa tɛlu

60.  lualima yam orai

14. lualima ta:ɡa pa βari

70.  lualima yam olua

15. lualima ta:ɡa pa lima

80.  lualima yam orɛlu

16. lualima ta:ɡa pa orai

90.  lualima yam oβari

17. lualima ta:ɡa pa olua

100. ponotia ta:ɡa

18. lualima ta:ɡa pa orɛlu

200. ponotia lua

19. lualima ta:ɡa pa oβari

1000. manu ta:ɡa (< Polynesian )

20. lualima yam lua

2000. manu lua

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Robert Early, Linguistics, University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, October 10, 1996.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Robert Early, 1996 年 10 月 10 日

 

Other comments: Lewo has a quinary counting system. the word for 'thousand' manu is a loanword from Polynesian language. Lewo is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in Varmali and Varsu regions, east Epi island, Shefa province, Vanuatu.


 

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