Language
name and locationː
Nemi,
New Caledonia
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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 |
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19. paidu bʷan nibovac |
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20. hēc kac (lit: 'kac='person') |
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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. |
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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