Language
name and locationː North Tanna,
Tanna, Vanuatu [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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. |
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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