Language name and locationː Nemi, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 米语, 新喀里多尼亚岛北部省地区

 

1. hēc

21. 

2. heluk

22. 

3. heyen

23.   

4. pʰoec

24.   

5. nim

25. 

6. nibʷēc    (5 + 1)

26. 

7. nibʷeluk (5 + 2)

27. 

8. nibʷyen  (5 + 3) 

28. 

9. nibovac  (5 + 4)

29. 

10. paidu (litː 'two hands')

30.  hēc kac bʷan paidu

11. paidu bʷan hēc

40.  heluk kac (lit: 'two persons')

12. paidu bʷan heluk

50.  heluk kac bʷan paidu

13. paidu bʷan heyen

60.  heyen kac (lit: 'three persons')

14. paidu bʷan pʰovec

70.  heyen kac bʷan paidu

15. paidu bʷan nim 

80.  pʰovec kac (lit: 'four persons')

16. paidu bʷan nibʷēc

90.  pʰovec kac bʷan paidu

17. paidu bʷan nibʷeluk

100. nim kac (lit: 'five persons')

18. paidu bʷan nibʷyen

 

19. paidu bʷan nibovac

 

20. hēc kac  (lit: 'kac='person')

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France, June 11, 2006. Sourceː A. G. Haudricourt & F. Ozanne-Rivierre, 1982, Dictionnaire thematique des languages de la region de Hienghen, LACITO, France.
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的语言学家: Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, 2006 年 6 月 12 日

 

Other comments: Nemi has a traditional quinary /vigesimal counting system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Nowadays, the Nemi people may have used French numbers after five. Nemi is spoken by about 900 speakers in east coast and west coast of North province, New Caledonia.


 

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