Language name and locationː North Tanna, Tanna, Vanuatu [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区北部塔钠语, 瓦努阿图共和国塔纳岛北部

 

1. kitiə

21.  twante wan

2. kəiu

22.  twante tu

3. kɨsɨl  

23.  twante tri

4. kuβɨt

24.  twante fo

5. karilem

25.  twante faev

6. karilem kitiə  ( 5 + 1 ) / sikis

26.  twante sikis

7. karilem kəiu  ( 5 + 2 ) / seven

27.  twante seven

8. karilem kɨsɨl  ( 5 + 3 ) / eit

28.  twante eit

9. karilem kuβɨt ( 5 + 4 ) /naen

29.  twante naen

10. karilem karilem ( 5 + 5 ) / ten

30.  toti

11. leven

40.  foti

12. twelev

50.  fifti

13. tetin

60.  sikisti

14. fortin

70.  seventi

15. fiftin

80.  eiti

16. siksitin

90.  naenti

17. seventin

100. handred

18. eitin

200. tu handred

19. naetin

1000. taosen

20. twante

2000. tu taosen

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Greg Carlson, SIL-Vanuatu, Vanuatu, July 26, 1994, March 11, 2021.
供资料的语言学家: Mr. Greg Carlson, 1994 年 7 月 5 日, 2021 年 3 月 11 日

 

Other comments: North Tanna has a traditional quinary counting system. Nowadays people used Bislama numbers after five. North Tanna is spoken by about 5,000 speakers (Lynch and Crowley 2001) in north Tanna island, Tafea province, Vanuatu.


 

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