Language
name and locationː
Paicî,
New Caledonia
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. caː-, caːpʷi |
21. |
2. ãɾ̃ãiɭu |
22. |
3. ãɾ̃ãcie |
23. |
4. ãɾ̃ãpʌpe |
24. |
5. caː-kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ ĩᶮɟɛ (litː 'one of our hands') |
25. |
6. caː-kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ caːpʷi (5+1) |
26. |
7. caː-kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãiɭu (5+2) |
27. |
8. caː-kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãcie (5+3) |
28. |
9. caː-kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãpʌpe (5+4) |
29. |
10. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ (litː 'our two hands') |
30. caːpʷi ãᵐboɾo mã ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ |
11. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ caːpʷi |
40. ãɾ̃ãiɭu ãᵐboɾo (2 x 20) |
12. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãiɭu |
50. ãɾ̃ãiɭu ãᵐboɾo mã ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ |
13. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãcie |
60. ãɾ̃ãcie ãᵐboɾo (3 x 20) |
14. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãpʌpe |
70. ãɾ̃ãcie ãᵐboɾo mã ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ |
15. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ãᶮɟɛ * |
80. ãɾ̃ãpʌpe ãᵐboɾo (4 x 20) |
16. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ãᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ caːpʷi |
90. ãɾ̃ãpʌpe ãᵐboɾo mã ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ |
17. ⁿdu ĩᶮɟɛ ãᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãiɭu |
100. caː-kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ ĩᶮɟɛ ãᵐboɾo (5 x 20) |
18. ⁿdu ĩ ᶮɟɛ ãᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãcie |
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19. ⁿdu ĩ ᶮɟɛ ãᶮɟɛ ᵑɡɒɾɒ ãɾ̃ãpʌpe |
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20. caːpʷi ãᵐboɾo |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Ian Flaws,
Summer Institute of
Linguistics, New Caledonia,
September 1, 1991, April 4, 2010. |
Other comments: Paicî has a traditional quinary-vigesimal counting system based on hands, feet and persons. For the numbers 5 to 10, 15 and 19ː strictly speaking, the wordsː ĩ is 'hand', ã is 'foot', the suffix ᶮɟɛ attached to both means 'our', so 5 is 'one of our hands'; 15 is 'our two hands plus one of our feet'; kʌ̃ɾ̃ʌ̃ means 'of'; ᵑɡɒɾɒ means 'on top of'; ãr̃ã means 'content of'; 20 ãᵐboɾo means 'person'. Nowadays, the Paicî people used French numbers after five. Paicî is a tonal Austronesian language. Note the the symbol 'ɾ̃' is a 'nasalised flap'. Paicî is spoken by about 7,000 speakers in east coast, Poindimié and Ponérihouen; west coast, Koné, Poya, and inland valleys in North province, New Caledonia. |
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