Language
name and locationː Ririo,
Choiseul,
Solomon Islands
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. kik |
21. karbet kik |
2. kér é = IPA [ɛ] |
22. karbet kér |
3. pisa |
23. karbet pisa |
4. véc c = IPA [ts] |
24. karbet véc |
5. lima (lit: 'hand') |
25. karbet lima |
6. vónóm ó = IPA [ɔ] |
26. karbet vónóm |
7. ziuc |
27. karbet ziuc |
8. zól |
28. karbet zól |
9. zia |
29. karbet zia |
10. manua |
30. pisa ñul ñ = IPA [ŋ] |
11. manua kik |
40. kér duik |
12. manua kér |
50. nioq q = IPA [ŋɡ] |
13. manua pisa |
60. nioq manua ( 50 + 10 ) |
14. manua véc |
70. nioq karbet ( 50 + 20 ) |
15. manua lima |
80. nioq pisa ñul ( 50 + 30 ) |
16. manua vónóm |
90. nioq kér duik ( 50 + 40 ) |
17. manua ziuc |
100. kik wuib |
18. manua zól |
200. kér wuib |
19. manua zia |
1000. kik mó |
20. karbet |
100000. wuib mó |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Stephen Logan,
Department of Linguistics, ELDTA Research Group,
School of Humanities & Social Science,
University of New Castle, Callaghan, Newcastle, Australia. May 8, 2012. Data
recorded by Dr. Don
Laycock, Australian National University, Canberra, February 2, 1978. |
Other comments: Ririo has a traditional counting system with
particular formations for 40 to 90, similar to that of the Babatana or
Mbambatana language.
Ririo
is a moribund language-only one person alive has any real degree
of fluency, and for local political reasons I was not able to work with
her extensively. So the data I provide you with will be mainly from Don Laycock's fieldwork in the 70s.
Ririo was formerly spoken in central Choiseul island, Choiseul province,
Solomon Islands.
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