Language name and locationː Orowe, New Caledonia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区罗维语 (奥罗额语 Ôrôe), 新喀里多尼亚岛南部省沿海地

 

1. rakẽ

21.  

2. kẽaɾu / kẽʌhɾu *

22.  

3. kẽɾeɾe

23.  

4. kẽvɛɛ / kẽvwɛ *

24.  

5. kẽnĩ / kẽni *

25.  

6. kẽnĩ mɛ rakẽ    ( 5 + 1 )

26.  

7. kẽnĩ mɛ kẽaɾu  ( 5 + 2 )

27.  

8. kẽnĩ mɛ kẽɾeɾe ( 5 + 3 )

28.  

9. kẽnĩ mɛ kẽvɛɛ  ( 5 + 4 )

29.  

10. kẽnĩ mɛ kẽnĩ (litː 'two hands')

30.  rakẽ oː mɛ pauru *

11. pauru mɛ rakẽ  *

40.  kẽʌhɾu oː (2 x 20) *

12. pauru mɛ kẽʌhɾu  *

50.  kẽʌhɾu oː mɛ pauru *

13. pauru mɛ kẽɾeɾe *

60.  kẽɾeɾe oː (3 x 20) *

14. pauru mɛ kẽvwɛ *

70.  kẽɾeɾe oː mɛ pauru *

15. pauru mɛ kẽni *

80.  kẽvwɛ oː (4 x 20) *

16. pauru mɛ kẽni rake *̃

90.  kẽvwɛ oː mɛ pauru *

17. pauru mɛ kẽni kẽʌhɾu *

100. kẽni oː  ( 5 x 20) *

18. pauru mɛ kẽni kẽɾeɾe *

 

19. pauru mɛ kẽni kẽvwɛ *

 

20. raʔɔ  / rakẽ oː *

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Emiko Tsuji, Department of linguistics, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Tokyo, Japan. April, 14, 2009. Mr. Charles Fennig and Mr. Richard Lee, Summer Institute of Linguistics, New Caledonia, August 3, 1993.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Emiko Tsuji (东京), 2009 年 4 月 14 日.
Mr. Charles Fennig and Mr. Richard Lee. 1993 年 8 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Ôrôe or Orowe has a quinary system. The traditional numbers after ten have been replaced by French numbers now. The old data with an asterisks provided by SIL linguists Charles Fenning and Richard Lee showed that this language has a quinary, vigesimal counting system based on hands and person. The word 'raʔɔ' or 'rakẽ o' means 'one person' because one person has 20 fingers and toes. Orowe is spoken by about 400 speakers in west coast of South province, New Caledonia.
Ôrôe (Orowe) Phonology System (
Emiko Tsuji, April, 14, 2009)

Consonantsː 

 

Bilabial

Labial
velarized

Labial
Dental

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Velar
labialized

Glottal

Stop

p, b[ᵐb]

pʷ,

bʷ[ᵐbʷ]

t, d[ⁿd]

c,
ɟ
[ᶮɟ]

k,
ɡ[ᵑɡ]

kʷ,ɡʷ[ᵑɡʷ]

 ʔ

Nasal

m

 

    n

    ɲ

  ŋ

   

Fricative

 

 

 v

 

 

  ɣ

 

 

Approx.

 

w

 

 

 j

   

 

Trill

 

 

 

r

 

   

 

Flap

 

 

 

ɾ

 

   

 

 Vowels (Oral)ː

 

Front

Central

Back

High

i, y

 

ɯ, u

Mid

e

 ə

o

Low

ɛ

a

ɔ 

Vowels (Nasal)ː

 

Front

Central

Back

High

 

Mid

 

 

 

Low

 ẽ [ẽ-ɛ̃]

õ [õ-ɔ̃]


 

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