Numée / Kwenyii

Language name and locationː Numèè, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 努美语 (奎尼语 Kwenyii), 新喀里多尼亚岛南部省松岛及地区

1. taa-xè	21.
2. boo-xè	22.
3. bètîî-xè	23.
4. bèvoo	24.
5. taa véré-xè (litː 'one hand')	25.
6. taa véré-xè mê taa nootaa (5+1)	26.
7. taa véré-xè mê boo nootaa (5+2)	27.
8. taa véré-xè mê bètîî nootaa (5+3)	28.
9. taa véré-xè mê bèvoo nootaa (5+4)	29.
10. boo véré-xè (litː 'two hands')	30. taa nyié-xè mê boo véré-xè (20+10)
11. boo véré-xè mê taa nootaa	40. boo nyié-xè (2 x 20)
12. boo véré-xè mê boo nootaa	50. boo nyié-xè boo véré-xè
13. boo véré-xè mê bètîî nootaa	60. bètîî nyié-xè (3 x 20)
14. boo véré-xè mê bèvoo nootaa	70. bètîî véré-xè boo véré-xè
15. bètîî véré-xè ( litː 'three hands' )	80. bèvoo véré-xè (4 x 20)
16. bètîî véré-xè taa nootaa	90. bèvoo véré-xè boo véré-xè
17. bètîî véré-xè boo nootaa	100. taa véré nyié-xè (5 x 20)
18. bètîî véré-xè bètîî nootaa	200. boo véré nyié-xè (10 x 20)
19. bètîî véré-xè bèvoo nootaa
20. taa nyié-xè (litː 'one person')

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Jean-Claude Rivierre, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France. April 24, 1998.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Jean-Claude Rivierre, 1998 年 4 月 24 日.

Other comments: Numèè has a traditional quinary-vigesimal counting system based on 'hand' and 'person', similar to that of Drubea. Nowadays, the Numèè people may use French numbers after five. Sophie Rendina, PhD student, SOAS told me in November, 2009 that most Numèè speakers only seem to remember numbers up to 4. Numèè is a tonal Austronesian language. Numèè is spoken by about 2,000 speakers in Isle Ouen (Ouen dialect); Isle of Pines (Kwényi dialect); Touaouru, Goro, and Yate on south end of main island (Numèè dialect) in South province, New Caledonia.

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