Language
name and locationː Paama,
Paama Island, Vanuatu
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. taːi |
21. hanu mau sav taːi |
2. elu |
22. hanu mau sav elu |
3. etel |
23. hanu mau sav etel |
4. ehat |
24. hanu mau sav ehat |
5. elim |
25. hanu mau sav elim |
6. lahitaːi (5 + 1) |
26. hanu mau sav lahitaːi |
7. laulu (5 + 2) |
27. hanu mau sav laulu |
8. lautel (5 + 3) |
28. hanu mau sav lautel |
9. lauhat (5 + 4) |
29. hanu mau sav lauhat |
10. haːlualim (5 + 5) |
30. hanu mau sav haːlualim (20+10) |
11. taːi dan taːi |
40. hanu mau elu (20 x 2) |
12. taːi dan elu |
50. hanu mau elu sav haːlualim |
13. taːi dan etel |
60. hanu mau etel (20 x 3) |
14. taːi dan ehat |
70. hanu mau etel sav haːlualim |
15. taːi dan elim |
80. hanu mau ehat (20 x 4) |
16. taːi dan lahitaːi |
90. hanu mau ehat sav haːlualim |
17. taːi dan laulu |
100. hanu mau elim (20 x 5) / handet * |
18. taːi dan lautel |
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19. taːi dan lauhat |
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20. hanu mau (lit: 'one person') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Terry Crowley, Department of
linguistics, University of Waitako, New
Zealand.
February
25, 1997. |
Other comments: Paama has a quinary system. The word for twenty 'hanu mau' derived from 'one person'. handet is a Bislama loanword. Paama is spoken by about 6,000 speakers in 1 village in Paama island, Malampa province, Vanuatu. |
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