Na'ahai / Malfaxal

Language name and locationː Na'ahai, Malekula, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 纳阿海语 (马尔法哈尔语 Malfaxal), 瓦努阿图马勒库拉岛南部离岸一个小岛

1. iteʔ	21. maratin iteʔ noʔoron iteʔ
2. iru	22. maratin iteʔ noʔoron iru
3. itul	23. maratin iteʔ noʔoron itul
4. ivas	24. maratin iteʔ noʔoron ivas
5. ilim	25. maratin iteʔ noʔoron ilim
6. raʔate ( 5 + 1 )	26. maratin iteʔ noʔoron raʔate
7. raʔaru ( 5 + 2 )	27. maratin iteʔ noʔoron raʔaru
8. raʔatul ( 5 + 3 )	28. maratin iteʔ noʔoron raʔatul
9. raʔavas ( 5 + 4 )	29. maratin iteʔ noʔoron raʔavas
10. i laŋaβul	30. maratin iteʔ noʔoron ilaŋaβul (20+10)
11. i laŋaβul ⁿduman iteʔ	40. maratin iru (20 x 2)
12. i laŋaβul ⁿduman iru	50. maratin iru ilaŋaβul (20 x 2+10)
13. i laŋaβul ⁿduman itul	60. maratin itul (20 x 3)
14. i laŋaβul ⁿduman ivas	70. maratin itul ilaŋaβul (20 x 3+10)
15. i laŋaβul ⁿduman ilim	80. maratin ivas (20 x 4)
16. i laŋaβul ⁿduman raʔate	90. maratin ivas ilaŋaβul (20 x 4+10)
17. i laŋaβul ⁿduman raʔaru	100. maratin ilim (20 x 5)
18. i laŋaβul ⁿduman raʔatul	200. nrenhavui ŋa-sŋavur (20 x 10)
19. i laŋaβul ⁿduman raʔavas
20. maratin iteʔ

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Anastasia Riehl, Director of Strathy Language Unit Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, October 2, 2008.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Anastasia Riehl, 2008 年 10 月 2 日.

Other comments: Na'ahai or Malfaxal is an endangered language spoken by about 600 speakers on a Toman Island off the southern coast of Malekula in Vanuatu. This language has a traditional quinary counting system. The data were elicited in Batbank and represent the Na’ahai Kiki dialect, as spoken in the area near Melip and Toman Island- not the area near Malvakal (Malfaxal). The speakers had difficulty with some of the higher numbers, saying that they usually just use Bislama now for those. /nduman/ was sometimes pronounced as [luman]. Numbers starting with /maratin/- I elicted all of these without a preceding /na/; however, when I asked speakers about this morpheme (based on an older list of the numbers), they said that a preceding /na/ is fine, in fact preferred. However, I have left it out of the list above. In any case /i na maratin/, with a preceding /i/, is NOT acceptable according to them.

Note that is rough draft only! further research data needed.

Language name and locationː Na'ahai, Malekula, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 纳阿海语 (马尔法哈尔语 Malfaxal), 瓦努阿图马勒库拉岛南部离岸一个小岛

1. i-tex	21. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n i-tex
2. i-ru	22. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n iru
3. i-tyl	23. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n itul
4. i-βas	24. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n ivas
5. i-lim	25. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n ilim
6. i-raxatex ( 5 + 1 )	26. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n raʔate
7. ira-ru ( 5 + 2 )	27. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n raʔaru
8. ira-tyl ( 5 + 3 )	28. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n raʔatul
9. ira-βas ( 5 + 4 )	29. i-na maratin i-tex ⁿduma-n raʔavas
10. i-laŋaβœl	30. na-maratin ite no-oro-n i-laŋaβœl
11. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n i-tex	40. na-maratin i-ru (20 x 2)
12. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n iru	50. na-maratin i-ru no-oro-n i-laŋaβœl
13. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n itul	60. na-maratin i-tyl (20 x 3)
14. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n ivas	70. na-maratin i-tyl no-oro-n i-laŋaβœl
15. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n ilim	80. na-maratin i-βas (20 x 4)
16. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n raʔate	90. na-maratin i-βas no-oro-n i-laŋaβœl
17. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n raʔaru	100. na-maratin i-lim (20 x 5)
18. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n raʔatul	200. na-maratin i-laŋaβœl (20 x 10)
19. i-laŋaβœl ⁿduma-n raʔavas
20. i-na maratin i-tex *

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jean-Michel Charpentier, LACiTO ( Langues et civilisations à tradition orale ) / CNRS, Paris, France through Prof. Nicolas Ossart,

December 1, 2004.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jean-Michel Charpentier, 2004 年 12 月 1 日.

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