Language name and locationː Sie, Erromang Island, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区西埃语, 瓦努阿图南部埃罗芒阿岛南部

 

1. haiteven, haihi

21.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh hai

2. nruru, nduru

22.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh nruru

3. nrehel, ndehel

23.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh nrehel

4. nrvat

24.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh nrvat

5. sukrim ( litː one hand ?)

25.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh sukrim

6. mehikai

26.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh mehikai

7. sukrimnruru

27.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh sukrimnruru

8. sukrimrehel

28.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh sukrimrehel

9. sukrimndvat

29.  narwolem nruru tavɡoneh sukrimndvat

10. narwolem (litː 'two hands' ? )

30.  narwolem nrehel

11. narwolem tavɡoneh hai

40.  narwolem nrvat

12. narwolem tavɡoneh nruru

50.  narwolem sukrim

13. narwolem tavɡoneh ndehel

60.  narwolem mehikai

14. narwolem tavɡoneh nrvat

70.  narwolem sukrimnruru

15. narwolem tavɡoneh sukrim

80.  narwolem sukrimrehel

16. narwolem tavɡoneh mehikai

90.  narwolem sukrimndvat

17. narwolem tavɡoneh sukrimnruru

100. nalem ( 10 x 10 )

18. narwolem tavɡoneh sukrimrehel

200. nalemnalem

19. narwolem tavɡoneh sukrimndvat

1000. nalem narwolem

20. narwolem nruru

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Terry Crowley, Department of linguistics, University of Waitako, New Zealand. April 3, 1998.
提供资的语言家: Dr. Terry Crowley, 1998 年 4 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Sie has a quinary counting system to up thousand. However, numerals beyond five have been replaced by Bislama numerals now. Sie is spoken by about 1,900 speakers (Lynch and Crowley 2001) in Erromanga island, Tafea province, Vanuatu.


 

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