Language name and locationː Ninde, Malekula, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区嫩德 (博语 Labo), 瓦努阿图马勒库拉岛西南部

 

1. sei

2. ɣuo

3. tɬ

4. βes

5. selme

6. dumane sei   ( 5 + 1 )

7. dumane ɣuo ( 5 + 2 )

8. dumane tɬ     ( 5 + 3 )

9. dumane βes  ( 5 + 4 )

10. laŋɡal

11. used Bislama numerals now.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Elizabeth Pearce and Dr. Emily Greenbank,
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, February 10, 2014.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Elizabeth Pearce and Dr. Emily Greenbank, 2014 年 2 月 10 日.

 

Other comments: Ninde is spoken by about 1,000 speakers in the Villages of Labo, Lawa and Windua, Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Ninde has a traditional quinary-decimal counting system. However, people only remember the traditional numerals from one to ten now. Numbers one to ten are the only ones found in our data. Ray (1926: 302) gives an outline of constructing numbers up to 1,000. However, it should be noted that Ray's numerals one to ten differ from those elicited in our data. It's difficult to know whether this is due to a difference in transcription, or to a subsequent change in the pronunciation. Ray, Sidney Herbert (1926). A Comparative study of the Melanesian island languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 


Language name and locationː Ninde, Malekula, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区嫩德 (博语 Labo), 瓦努阿图马勒库拉岛西南部

 

1. sey

21.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne sey

2. xowo

22.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne xowo

3. i-tl

23.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne tl

4. i-βes

24.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne βɛs

5. se-lme

25.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne selme

6. tumusoi, ⁿdumosey  ( 5 + 1 )

26.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne mosey

7. tumano-xʷo, ⁿdumana-xʷo ( 5 + 2 )

27.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne manaxʷo

8. tumana-tl, ⁿdumane-tl ( 5 + 3 )

28.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne manetl

9. tume-wes, ⁿdumane-βes ( 5 + 4 )

29.  na daŋal xowo ni-nduma-ne maneβes

10. daŋal

30.  na daŋal tl

11. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne sey

40.  na daŋal βɛs

12. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne xowo

50.  na daŋal se-lme

13. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne tl

60.  na daŋal ⁿdumosey

14. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne βɛs

70.  na daŋal ⁿdumana-xʷo

15. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne se-lme

80.  na daŋal ⁿdumane-tl

16. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne mosey

90.  na daŋal ⁿdumane-βes

17. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne manaxʷo

100. na daŋal daŋal ŋoxo na daŋal daŋal vesey ?

18. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne manetl

200. na daŋal daŋal ivahua  ?

19. na daŋal sey ni-nduma-ne manβes

1000. na daŋal daŋal vepesey ?

20. na daŋal xowo

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jean-Michel Carpentier, CNRS, France, November 1, 2004.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jean-Michel Carpentier, 2004 年 11 月 1 日.

 

Other comments: Labo or Ninde has a quinary-decimal system. Ninde is spoken by about 1,000 speakers in the Villages of Labo, Lawa and Windua, Malekula Island, Vanuatu.


 

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