Language name and location: Puluwatese, Chuuk state, FSM  [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区普卢瓦特, 密克罗尼西亚联邦之加罗林群岛中部

 

1. ɛːw 

21.  rʉɛ mɛ ɛːw

2. ruwow

22.  rʉɛ mɛ ruwow

3. ɛluw

23.  rʉɛ mɛ ɛluw

4. rʉaːnʉ

24.  rʉɛ mɛ rʉaːnʉ

5. lɨmʷˠow  

25.  rʉɛ mɛ lɨmʷˠow

6. onow 

26.  rʉɛ mɛ onow

7. fɨsuw

27.  rʉɛ mɛ fɨsuw

8. waluw

28.  rʉɛ mɛ waluw

9. tɨwow  

29.  rʉɛ mɛ tɨwow

10. ɛŋoːl / hejk

30.  ɛliːk

11. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ ɛːw

40.  fæjk

12. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ ruwow 

50.  lɨmɛ

13. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ ɛluw

60.  wonɛ

14. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ rʉaːnʉ

70.  fiːk

15. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ lɨmʷˠow

80.  waliːk

16. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ onow

90.  tʉɛ

17. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ fɨsuw

100. ɛpʷˠʉkʉ

18. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ waluw

200. rʉæpʷˠʉkʉ

19. ɛŋoːl /hejk mɛ tɨwow

1000. ɛŋarɛɨ̯

20. rʉɛ

2000. rʉɛŋarɛɨ̯

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Emerson Odango, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA, April 30, 2011. The data were developed from research funded by Island Research & Education Initiative, PO Box PS 303, Palikir, Pohnpei, FM 96941.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. Emerson Odango, 2011 年 4 月 30 日

 

Other comments: Puluwatese or Polowatese has a decimal system with several sets of classifiers which used with different nouns similar to Namonuito. The data is from Polowat dialect. Puluwatese is spoken by about 1,500 speakers in Pollap, Polowat, Pulusuk, and Tamtam islands, Chuuk state, the Federated States of Micronesia.
Puluwatese Phonetic Chart:

Consonantsː

 

Bila-

bial

Labio-Dental

Lab-Dental

Dental

Alveo

lar

Alveo-Palatal

Palatal

Velar

Glottal

Stop

p

pʷˠ

 

 t

     

k

 

Nasal

     m

mʷˠ

   

n

   

   ŋ

  h

Fricative

 

 

 f

 

(s)*

   

 

 

Affricat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approx.

w

     

ɹ

 

y

   

Trill

       

r

       

Lateral

       

  l

       

 

* [s] is borrowings.

Vowelsː

 

Front

Mid

Back

High

   i

   [ɨ]  ʉ

    u

Upper Mid

  [e]

 

    o

Lower Mid

   ɛ

  ʚ  [ə]

    ɔ

Low    æ    a  

 


 

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