Language
name and locationː Ura,
Erromang Island, Vanuatu
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. sai(ɣan) |
21. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba sai |
2. ɡelu |
22. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba ɡelu |
3. ɡehli |
23. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba ɡehli |
4. lemelu |
24. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba lemelu |
5. suworem ( litː one hand?) |
25. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba suworem |
6. misai |
26. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba misai |
7. sinelu |
27. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba sinelu |
8. sinehli |
28. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba sinehli |
9. sinivat |
29. lurem ɡelu tapolŋiba sinivat |
10. lurem (litː 'two hands' ? ) |
30. lurem ɡehli |
11. lurem tapolŋiba sai |
40. lurem lemelu |
12. lurem tapolŋiba ɡelu |
50. lurem suworem |
13. lurem tapolŋiba ɡehli |
60. lurem misai |
14. lurem tapolŋiba lemelu |
70. lurem sinelu |
15. lurem tapolŋiba suworem |
80. lurem sinehli |
16. lurem tapolŋiba misai |
90. lurem sinivat |
17. lurem tapolŋiba sinelu |
100. handed (< Bislama ) |
18. lurem tapolŋiba sinehli |
200. tu handed |
19. lurem tapolŋiba sinivat |
1000. taosen (< Bislama ) |
20. lurem ɡelu |
2000. tu taosen |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Terry Crowley, Department of
linguistics, University of Waitako, New
Zealand.
April 3, 1998. |
Other comments: Ura has a quinary counting system. However, numerals beyond five have been replaced by Bislama numerals now. Ura is a serious endangered language with less than 10 speakers in north Erromanga island, Tafea province, Vanuatu. |
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