Language name and location: Rapoisi, Papua New Guinea [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 拉波伊斯语, 巴布亚新几内亚布干维尔岛西北部

1. taɾiʔa / aɾeʔei βasi (required class/ shape marker when counting objects)

21. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia aɾeʔei

2. sukuʔu / βo sukuʔu βasitei

22. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo sukuʔu

3. heɾuβa / βo heɾuβa βasiɾo

23. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo heɾuβa

4. siuɾa / βo ɾesiuɾa βasiɾo

24. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo ɾesiuɾa

5. huɾou  / kasiʔoo / βo kasiʔoo βasiɾo

25. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo kasiʔoo

6. βo kasiʔoo haia aɾeʔei

26. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo kasiʔoo haia aɾeʔei

7. βo kasiʔoo haia βo sukuʔu

27. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo kasiʔoo haia βo sukuʔu

8. βo kasiʔoo haia βo heɾuβa

28. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia βo kasiʔoo haia βo heɾuβa

9.  kehoka ɾoʔa

29. βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei haia kehoka ɾoʔa

10. kahuʔu ɾoʔa

30. βo heɾuβa ɾoʔaɾo

11. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia aɾeʔei

40. βo ɾesiuɾa ɾoʔaɾo

12. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo sukuʔu

50. βo kasiʔoo ɾoʔaɾo

13. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo heɾuβa

60. βo kasiʔoo ɾoʔaɾo haia aɾeʔei ɾoʔa

14. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo ɾesiuɾa

70. βo kasiʔoo ɾoʔaɾo haia βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei

15. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo kasiʔoo

80. βo kasiʔoo ɾoʔaɾo haia βo heɾuβa ɾoʔaɾo

16. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo kasiʔoo haia aɾeʔei

90. βo kasiʔoo ɾoʔaɾo haia βo ɾesiuɾa ɾoʔaɾo

17. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo kasiʔoo haia βo sukuʔu

100. kahuʔu ʔiɾipa, 200. kahuʔu ʔiɾitei

18. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia βo kasiʔoo haia βo heɾuβa

300. βo heɾuβa ɾipaɾo, 400. βo ɾesiuɾa ɾipaɾo

19. kahuʔu ɾoʔa haia kehuka ɾoʔa

1000. βo kusi /aɾeʔei kusi

20.  βo sukuʔu ɾoʔatei

5000. βo kasiʔoo kusiɾo

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Kim Blewett through Mr. Ray Stegeman, SIL International, Papua New Guinea, June 2, 2022.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Kim Blewett, 2022 年 6 月 2 日.

Other comments: The Rapoisi traditional numbers above 10 are used mainly for counting money nowadays, but everyone knows that βo kahuʔu is ‘hundred(s)’ and βo kusi is ‘thousand (s)’. Other big numbers are: 6000.  βo kasiʔoo kusiɾo haia aɾeʔei kusi,

10,000.  kahuʔuɾoʔa kusiɾo. Traditional shell bead money strings are still used in ceremonial transactions. English or Tok Pisin numbers are commonly used. Rapoisi or Konua is spoken by about 3,500 speakers in Kuna district, northwest Bougainville island, Bougainville province, Papua New Guinea.