Language name and location: Pohnpeian, Pohnpei state, FSM [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区波纳佩语 (Ponapean), 密克罗尼西亚联邦东部波纳佩群岛

 

1. ɛːw

21.  riejsɛk ɛːw

2. riaw

22.  rieisek riaw

3. siluː

23.  riejsɛk siluː

4. paːjɛw

24.  riejsɛk paːjɛw

5. lɨmaw

25.  riejsɛk lɨmaw

6. wɛnɛw

26.  riejsɛk wɛnɛw

7. isuː

27.  riejsɛk isuː

8. waluː

28.  riejsɛk waluː

9. tuwaw

29.  riejsɛk tuwaw

10. ejsɛk

30.  siliːsɛk

11. ejsɛk ɛːw

40.  paːjsɛk

12. ejsɛk riaw

50.  lɨmejsɛk

13. ejsɛk siluː

60.  wɛnɛjsɛk

14. ejsɛk paːjɛw

70.  isiːsɛk

15. ejsɛk lɨmaw

80.  wɛliːsɛk

16. ejsɛk wɛnɛw

90.  tuwejsɛk

17. ejsɛk isuː

100. ɛpʷˠikɨ

18. ejsɛk waluː

200. riɛpʷˠikɨ

19. ejsɛk tuwaw

1000. (ɛ)kɨt

20. riejsɛk

2000. riɛkɨt

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Emerson Odango, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA. December 6, 2011.

Rehg, Kenneth L. & Damian G. Sohl. 1981. Ponapean reference grammar. PALI Language Texts: Micronesia. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Emerson Odango, 2011 年 12 月 6 日

 

Other comments: Pohnpeian has a decimal system. Pohnpeian (official English exonym)/Ponapean (old colonial exonym no longer in use) / Lokaiahn Pohnpei (local endonym) – Northern dialect  (the Northern dialect is the dialect on which the orthography was developed; the other dialect is the dialect of Kitti municipality) has a decimal system with several sets of classifiers which used with different nouns similar to Mortlockese and other Micronesian languages. Pohnpeian is spoken by about 30,000  speakers in Pohnpei island, Caroline Islands, Pohnpei state, The Federated States of Micronesia.

Pohnpeian Phonetic Charts:

Consonantsː

 

Bilabial

Labiodental

Dental

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Stops

p

pʷˠ

 t

   

k

Nasals

     m

mʷˠ

 

n

 

    ŋ

Fricatives

 

 

 

       s

 

 

Affricatives

 

 

 

       t̪s

 

 

Approximants

w

   

 

j(y)

 

Trill

     

r

   

Lateral

 

 

 

l

 

 

 

Vowelsː

 

Front

Mid

Back

High

   i

  

    u

Upper Mid

  e

 

    o

Lower Mid

   ɛ

   

    ɔ

Low

  

       a

 

 


Language name and location: Pohnpeian, Pohnpei state, FSM [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区波纳佩语 (Ponapean), 密克罗尼西亚联邦东部波纳佩群岛

 

1. ehu [ehu]

21.  rieisek ehu

2. riau [riyau]

22.  rieisek riau

3. silih [siliː]

23.  rieisek silih

4. pahieu [pahiyɛu]

24.  rieisek pahieu

5. l̹imau [limau]

25.  rieisek limau

6. weneu [wenɛu]

26.  rieisek weneu

7. isuh [isuː]

27.  rieisek isuh

8. waluh [waluː]

28.  rieisek waluh

9. duwau [tuwau]

29.  rieisek duwau

10. eisek [eisɛk], ehk, ŋoul

30.  silihsek, siliakan, siliŋoul

11. eisek ehu

40.  pahisek, pahk, paːŋoul

12. eisek riau

50.  limeisek, limehk, limeŋoul

13. eisek silih

60.  weneisek, wenehk, weneŋoul

14. eisek pahieu

70.  isihsek, isiakan, isiŋoul

15. eisek limau

80.  welihsek, weliakan, weliŋoul

16. eisek weneu

90.  duweisek, duwehk, duweŋoul

17. eisek isuh

100. epwiki

18. eisek waluh

200. riepwiki

19. eisek duwah

1000. kid

20. rieisek, iehk, rieŋoul

2000. riekid

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Elaine M. Good, Department of Languages and
Literature, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, September 1, 1988.
供资料的语言 学家: Dr. Elaine M. Good, 1988 年 9 月 1 日

 

Other comments: Ponapean or Pohnpeian has a decimal system. Pohnpeian has three sets of numbers from 1 to 10 used with different classifiers and nouns. Pohnpeian is spoken by about 30,000  speakers in Pohnpei island, Caroline Islands, Pohnpei state, The Federated States of Micronesia.


 

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