Language
name and locationː
Tîrî,
South province, New Caledonia
[Ref to
Ethnologue] |
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 |
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19. amɔ̃ru aɳɔ̃ɽɔ̃ ae |
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20. ʃaː ʈeaɳɯ̃ (litː 'one person') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Midori Osumi,
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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 |
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