Language name and locationː Pije, North province, New Caledonia [Ref to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 节语, 新喀里多尼亚岛北部省地区

 

1. heec

21. 

2. haluk

22. 

3. hien

23.   

4. hovac

24.   

5. nim

25. 

6. ni-bweec, hemen heec    (5 + 1)

26. 

7. ni-bwaluk, hemen haluk (5 + 2)

27. 

8. ni-bwien, hemen hien     (5 + 3) 

28. 

9. ni-bovac, hemen hovac   (5 + 4)

29. 

10. paidu (litː 'two hands')

30.  hee kahyuk ɡan paidu

11. paidu ɡan heec

40.  halu kahyuk (lit: 'two persons')

12. paidu ɡan haluk

50.  halu kahyuk ɡan paidu

13. paidu ɡan hien

60.  hien kahyuk (lit: 'three persons')

14. paidu ɡan hovac

70.  hien kahyuk ɡan paidu

15. paidu ɡan nim 

80.  hovac kahyuk (lit: 'four persons')

16. paidu ɡan nibweec

90.  hovac kahyuk ɡan paidu

17. paidu ɡan nibwaluk

100. nim kahyuk (lit: 'five persons')

18. paidu ɡan nibwien

 

19. paidu ɡan nibovac

 

20. hee kahyuk (lit: kahyuk='person')

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France, June 11, 2006. Sourceː A. G. Haudricourt & F. Ozanne-Rivierre, 1982, Dictionnaire thematique des languages de la region de Hienghen, LACITO, France.
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的语言学家: Dr. Claire Moyse-Faurie, 2006 年 6 月 11 日

 

Other comments: Pije has a traditional quinary / vigesimal counting system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Nowadays, the Pije people may have used French numbers after five. Pije is an endangered language with about 180 speakers spoken in east coast of

North province, New Caledonia.


 

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