Language
name and location: Marshallese, Marshall Islands
[Refer to Ethnologue] |
1. juon [tʃuʷʌn] |
21. ron̄oul juon |
2. ruo [ruʷɔʷ] |
22. ron̄oul ruo |
3. jilu [tʃiluʷ] |
23. ron̄oul jilu |
4. emān [ᵋ̯ɛmæn] |
24. ron̄oul emān |
5. l̹alem [lˠalem] |
25. ron̄oul l̹alem |
6. jiljino [tʃiltʃinoʷ] (<jil-jil+no?) * |
26. ron̄oul jiljino |
7. jiljilmjuon [tʃiltʃillimtʃuʷʌn ] * |
27. ron̄oul jiljilmjuon |
8. rualitōk [ruwalitɤk ] (< 2 x 4) |
28. ron̄oul jiljilmjuon |
9. ruatimjuon [ruwatimtʃuʷʌn ] * |
29. ron̄oul ruatimjuon |
10. jon̄oul [tʃoŋoʷɯlʲ ] (lit: '10 x 1') |
30. jiln̄uul [tʃilŋuʷɯlʲ] |
11. jon̄oul juon |
40. en̄oul [ᵋ̯ɛŋʷoɯlʲ] |
12. jon̄oul ruo |
50. lemn̄oul [lemŋʷoɯlʲ] |
13. jon̄oul jilu |
60. jiljinon̄oul [tʃiltʃinoŋʷoɯlʲ] |
14. jon̄oul emān |
70. jiljilimjuonn̄oul [tʃiltʃilimtʃuʷʌnŋʷoɯlʲ] |
15. jon̄oul l̹alem |
80. ruwalitōn̄n̄oul [ruwalitɤŋŋʷoɯlʲ] |
16. jon̄oul jiljino |
90. ruwatimjuonn̄oul [ruwatimtʃuʷʌnŋʷoɯlʲ] |
17. jon̄oul jiljilmjuon |
100. jibukwi [tʃibukʷi] |
18. jon̄oul jiljilmjuon |
200. rubukwi [rubukʷi] |
19. jon̄oul ruatimjuon |
1000. jerapen [tʃɛrapɛn], taujen [tautʃin]* |
20. ron̄oul [roŋoʷɯlʲ] |
2000. ruorap [ruʷɔʷrapʲ] |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Byron W. Bender.
Department of Linguistics,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA. March 1, |
Other comments: Marshallese has a decimal system with special substructure for 6 to 9. The origin of 'six' [tʃiltʃinoʷ] is unknown, maybe from ''jil-jil+ no/new ?''; Number 7 [tʃiltʃillimtʃuʷʌn ] derived from (3+3+1); 8 is (2 x 4) and 9 is (2 x 4 plus 1). There is an English loanword for 'thousand' taujen [tautʃin]. Marshallese is spoken by about 60,000 speakers in Marshall Islands and the USA. |
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