Language name and locationː Roon, Roon Island, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区罗恩, 印尼巴西布亚省鸟头半岛之罗恩岛

 

1. yosier (<Biak)

21.  ares beberin yosier

2. suru (<Biak)

22.  ares beberin suru

3. kior (<Biak)

23.  

4. fiak (<Biak)

24.  

5. rim (<Biak)

25.  

6. wonem (<Biak)

26.  

7. fik (<Biak)

27.  

8. war (<Biak)

28.  

9. siu (<Biak)

29.  

10. safur (<Biak)

30.  ares kior (<Biak)

11. safur yosier

40.  

12. safur suru

50.  

13. 

60.  

14. 

70.  

15. 

80.  

16. 

90.  

17. 

100. utin yosier (<Biak)

18. 

103. utin yosier beberin kior

19. 

 

20. ares (<Biak)

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Gil, Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. April 22, 2012.
供资料的语言学家: Dr. David Gil. 2012 年 4 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Roon or Ron has a traditional quinary, vigesimal numeral system before, but they use a decimal system probably influenced by Biak now. A few comments:
For 2, nuru is used with inanimates, suru with animates, and is also the default form
      used when counting. nu- and su- are the dual verbal agreement prefixes for
      inanimates respectively, while -ru is cognate with the numeral for 2 in other
      Austronesian languages.
For 3 and 4, the -i- in my data would seem to be identical to the 3rd person singular
      animate verbal agreement marker, though I have no explanation for why it occurs
      in just these two numerals, and am not ready to say whether these two forms
      should be
considered monomorphemic or bimorphemic.
For 3 I also have the alternative form nggokor, which occurs in attributive position. In
      addition, it is also the verb "to count". I do not yet understand the nature of the
      alternation between these two forms of 3.

   Roon is an endangered language spoken by about 1,000 speakers on Roon island, west of Cenderawasih bay, West Papua province, Indonesia.


Language name and locationː Roon, Roon Island, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区罗恩, 印尼巴西布亚省鸟头半岛之罗恩岛

 

1. yosier

21.  arsos yosier

2. nuru

22.  arsos nuru

3. ɡokor

23.  arsos ɡokor

4. fak

24.  arsos fak

5. rim

25.  arsos rim

6. rimjòsièdě, wonem (<Biak)

26.  arsos wonem

7. riměnuru, fik (<Biak)

27.  arsos fik

8. rimiŋɡokor, war (<Biak)

28.  arsos war

9. riměfak, siu (<Biak)

29.  arsos siu

10. wenèm ma rim, snafur (<Biak)

30.  arsos snafur

11. snafur yosier

40.  arsos di suru (20 x 2)

12. snafur suru

50.  arsos di suru snafur

13. snafur kior

60.  arsos di kior (20 x 3)

14. snafur fak

70.  arsos di kior snafur

15. snafur rim

80.  arsos di fak (20 x 4)

16. snafur wonem

90.  arsos di fak snafur

17. snafur fik

100. utin yosier

18. snafur war

200. utin suru

19. snafur siu

1000. siaran yosier

20. arsos, ares (<Biak)

2000. siaran suru

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Theodore & Jean Henning. Summer Institute of Linguistics, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, August 20, 1993.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Theodore & Jean Henning. 1993 年 8 月 20 日.

 

Other comments: Roon is tonal Austronesian language with a quinary-vigesimal system, but now they use the decimal system of the Biak language. Roon is an endangered language spoken by about 1,000 speakers on Roon island, west of Cenderawasih bay, West Papua province, Indonesia.


               

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