Language
name and locationː
Pije,
North province, New Caledonia
[Ref to
Ethnologue] |
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 |
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19. paidu ɡan nibovac |
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20. hee kahyuk (lit: kahyuk='person') |
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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. |
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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