Language
name and locationː Titan,
Manus,
Papua New Guinea
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. e-si |
21. lukow pe si |
2. e-luo |
22. lukow pe luo |
3. e-talo |
23. lukow pe talo |
4. e-a |
24. lukow pe a |
5. e-lima (lit: 'hand') |
25. lukow pe lima |
6. e-wono |
26. lukow pe wono |
7. adratalo (10 - 3) |
27. lukow pe adratalo |
8. adraluo (10 - 2) |
28. lukow pe adraluo |
9. adrasi (10 - 1) |
29. lukow pe adrasi |
10. e-akow |
30. tuluŋol |
11. e-akow pe si |
40. aŋol |
12. e-akow pe luo |
50. topwal |
13. e-akow pe talo |
60. wonoŋal |
14. e-akow pe a |
70. adra-tuluŋol |
15. e-akow pe lima |
80. adra-lukow |
16. e-akow pe wono |
90. adra-akow |
17. e-akow pe adratalo |
100. e-saŋat, 200. luŋat, 300. tuluŋat, |
18. e-akow pe adraluo |
400. haŋat, 500. limaŋat, 600. wonoŋat, |
19. e-akow pe adrasi |
700. adratuluŋat. 800. adraluŋat, |
20. lukow |
900. adrasaŋat, 1000. pwesi |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Prof. Robert Blust, Department of linguistics,
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Other comments: Titan has a typical "Manus type" Austronesian language decimal counting
system with special structure for numerals 6 to 9. The formation of
number 50 is different from those of other tens.
The
Titan data were recorded, from
fieldwork in Manus that I did in 1975. Here is the basic numeral set
for serial counting (in counting houses, pigs, trees, coconuts, bunches
of betel nuts, etc. a numeral classifier must be used, and the sets are
slightly different, e.g. um a-se-m 'one house', pow a e-a-mo 'one pig',
key a se-y 'one tree', niw a si 'one coconut', brue e a-mbung 'one bunch
of betel nuts', where um=house, pow=pig, key=tree, niw=coconut,
and brue=betel nut): |
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