Language name and locationː Tîrî, South province, New Caledonia [Ref to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区 (亭林语 Tinrin), 新喀里多尼亚岛南部省沿海地区

 

1. ʃaː

21.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ ʃaː

2. auɽu

22.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ auɽu

3. aʃiɽi

23.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ aʃiɽi

4. ae

24.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ ae

5. aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃

25.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃

6. aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ ʃaː    (5 + 1)

26.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ ʃaː

7. aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ auɽu (5 + 2)

27.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ auɽu

8. aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ aʃiɽi  (5 + 3)

28.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ aʃiɽi

9. aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ ae     (5 + 4)

29.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ mɛ̃ ae

10. amɔ̃ru

30.  ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ amɔ̃ru

11. amɔ̃ru mɛ̃ ʃaː     

40.  auɽu ʈeaɳɯ̃  (2 x 20)

12. amɔ̃ru mɛ̃ auɽu

50.  auɽu ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ amɔ̃ru

13. amɔ̃ru mɛ̃ aʃiɽi

60.  aʃiɽi ʈeaɳɯ̃  (3 x 20)

14. amɔ̃ru mɛ̃ ae

70.  aʃiɽi ʈeaɳɯ̃ mɛ̃ amɔ̃ru

15. amɔ̃ru aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃

80.  ae ʈeaɳɯ̃  (4 x 20)

16. amɔ̃ru aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ ʃaː  

90.  ae ʈeaɳɯ̃  mɛ̃ amɔ̃ru

17. amɔ̃ru aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ auɽu

100. aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ ʈeaɳɯ̃ (5 x 20)

18. amɔ̃ru aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ aʃiɽi

 

19. amɔ̃ru aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ ae

 

20. ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ (litː 'one person')

 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Midori Osumi, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 1997, January 22, 2009.
供资料的语言学家: 大角翠博士 (东京), 1997 年 3 月 20 日, 2009 年 1 月 22 日.

 

Other comments: Tîrî or Tinrin has a quinary counting system. The word 'mɛ̃' is suppressed in numerals 15 to 19. Twenty is 'one person', one hundred is 'five people'. However, they often use French borrowings after five now, and after ten normally use gestures to express numbers. 600 (2009 census), decreasing. Tîrî is spoken by about 600 speakers in La Foa lower valleys in west coast and upper valleys in east coast in
South province, New Caledonia.


 

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