Language name and locationː Marino, Maewo Island, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区马里诺 (瓦迪亚语 Sungwadia), 瓦努阿图中部迈

 

1. tewa

21.  sawul rua daŋwan tewa

2. rua

22.  sawul rua daŋwan rua

3. tolu

23.  sawul rua daŋwan tolu

4. fati

24.  sawul rua daŋwan fati

5. tafalima

25.  sawul rua daŋwan tafalima

6. lafatea  ( 5 + 1 )

26.  sawul rua daŋwan lafatea

7. lafarua  ( 5 + 2 )

27.  sawul rua daŋwan lafarua

8. lafatolu ( 5 + 3 )

28.  sawul rua daŋwan lafatolu

9. lafati     ( 5 + 4 )

29.  sawul rua daŋwan lafati

10. saŋwul

30.  sawul tolu

11. sawul tewa daŋwan tewa

40.  sawul fati

12. sawul tewa daŋwan rua

50.  sawul tafalima

13. sawul tewa daŋwan tolu

60.  sawul lafatea

14. sawul tewa daŋwan fati

70.  sawul lafarua

15. sawul tewa daŋwan tafalima

80.  sawul lafatolu

16. sawul tewa daŋwan lafatea

90.  sawul lafati

17. sawul tewa daŋwan lafarua

100. mwendol

18. sawul tewa daŋwan lafatolu

200. mwendol rua

19. sawul tewa daŋwan lafati

1000. tari

20. sawul rua

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Agnès Henri, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France. April 9, 2012.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Agnès Henri. 2012 年 4 月 9 .

 

Other comments: Sungwadia or called Marino or North Maewo before, has a traditional quinary counting system. However, numbers over 10 are not used very frequently now. Bislama numbers (borrowed from English are used most of the time. Marino is spoken by about 500 speakers in north Maewo island, Penama province, Vanuatu.

Sungwadia Phonetic chart:
Consonantsː 

 

Bilabial

Libio-Dental

Alveolar

Velar

Labio-Velarized

Stops

 

 

 t

k

   kʷ

Pre-Nasalized

 ᵐb

 

d

 

 

Fricatives

 

f

 s

 x

 

Nasals

m

 

n

 ŋ

   ŋʷ

Trills

 

 

r

 

 

Laterals

 

 

l

 

 

Glides

 

 

 

 

   w

 


 

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