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Language name and location: Nauruan, Nauru Island [Refer to Ethnologue] |
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1. aiquön [eqʷʌn] |
21. ararama ma aiquön |
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2. aro [aːro] |
22. ararama ma aro |
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3. aiju [eʝu] |
23. ararama ma aiju |
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4. aeoq [aeq] |
24. ararama ma aeoq |
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5. aijimo [eːjimo] |
25. ararama ma aijimo |
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6. año [aːŋo] |
26. ararama ma año |
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7. aeu [eːju] |
27. ararama ma aeu |
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8. aoju [oːju] |
28. ararama ma aoju |
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9. ado [aːdo] |
29. ararama ma ado |
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10. ata [aːta] |
30. animo [animo ?] |
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11. ata ma aiquön |
40. amma [amːa ?] |
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12. ata ma aro |
50. aijima [aijima?] |
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13. ata ma aiju |
60. añama [aŋama ?] |
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14. ata ma aeoq |
70. aemo [eːmo?] |
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15. ata ma aijimo |
80. aojumo [oːjumo?] |
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16. ata ma año |
90. aduma [aːduma?] |
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17. ata ma aeu |
100. aibu [eːbu?] |
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18. ata ma aoju |
200. arobu [arobu ?] |
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19. ata ma ado |
1000. araña [araŋa?] or [ araɲa?] |
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20. anarama [anarama], ararama |
2000. aro araña |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Lisa M. Johnson, MA, Department of
Linguistics, Brigham Young University, USA, October 2, 1998. |
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Other comments: Nauruan has a decimal system with 39 sets of classifiers which used with different nouns. Nauruan is an Austronesian languag spoken by about 10,000 speakers in the island country of Nauru. Its relationship to the other Micronesian languages is not well understood. |
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