Language name and locationː Limola, Sulawesi, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 利莫拉语, 印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛南苏拉威西省北鲁乌县地区

1. sambua

21. rompulo sambua

2. rombua

22. rompulo dua

3. talu

23. rompulo talu

4. iba

24. rompulo iba

5. lima

25. rompulo lima

6. ini

26. rompulo ini

7. pitu

27. rompulo pitu

8. ualu

28. rompulo walu

9. sassio

29. rompulo sassio

10. sampulo

30. talu pulona

11. sampulo sambua

40. iba pulona

12. sampulo dua

50. lima pulona

13. sampulo talu

60. ini pulona

14. sampulo iba

70.  pitu pulona

15. sampulo lima

80.  walu pulona

16. sampulo ini

90.  sassio pulona

17. sampulo pitu

100. sambuŋu, 200.rombuŋu

18. sampulo ualu

400. iba buŋuna, 800.walu buŋuna

19. sampulo sassio

1000. sansowu 

20. rompulo

2000. ronsowu

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Billy McConvell, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and Taufan Jaya (the latter a native speaker), July 31, 2023.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Billy McConvell, 2023 年 7 月 31 日. 

Other comments: Limola has a decimal numeral system. Limola or Baebunta, Lemolang, Limolang is spoken by approximately 900 speakers out of 2,000 ethnic population (2019 W. McConvell) in Desa Sassa, Kecamatan Baebunta villages in middle Rongko river area, Kabupaten Luwu Utara, South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Orthography/phonology:

We haven’t done any great phnemic analysis, but Limola seems to have five monophtong vowel phonemes: a, e, i, o, u, and at least two or three diphthongs (maybe a few more, needs more study). Billy has had the following to say about consonants in the following screenshot from an ms. (n is number of occurrences in the draft Limola lexicon, he doesn’t consider a palatal glide y written by speakers as a phoneme as it only occurs between i and another vowel):

Historical/comparative/grammatical:

A number of 1-9 numerals, including the bound form of ‘two’ ro(N)- are probably borrowed at the level of Proto Badaic (most of them are basically the same in Bada’, Behoa’, Napu), from Kaili-Wolio lg.s and in one or two cases possibly from Rampi. -pulo ‘ten’, on the other hand, shows characteristic lowering of an older *-uq to o that is indicative of retention from Proto South Sulawesi. -buŋu ‘hundred’ seems to be unique to Limola, I am not sure what its origin is. -sowu is likely borrowed from Bare’e. The =na 3gen enclitic is added to 10s, hundreds, thousands, and classifiers where the ‘multiplier’ is 3-9, as is basically the case across the Seko-Badaic group (while in the remainder of South Sulawesi, only 8x and 9x and sometimes 6x have this feature). Instead, 1x and 2x have bound forms sa(N)- and ro(N)-, and don’t similarly employ =na. Billy has more notes on points above (including wider South Sulawesi comparison) if anyone is interested.