Wotu

Language name and locationː Wotu, Sulawesi, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 沃图语, 印尼苏拉威西岛南部

1. saŋo	21. dua pulu saŋo
2. duaŋo	22. dua pulu duaŋo
3. taluaŋo	23. dua pulu taluaŋo
4. pataŋo	24. dua pulu pataŋo
5. alima	25. dua pulu alima
6. ana	26. dua pulu ana
7. pitu	27. dua pulu pitu
8. walu	28. dua pulu walu
9. sasio	29. dua pulu sasio
10. sapulu	30. talu pulu
11. sapulu saŋo	40. pata pulu
12. sapulu duaŋo	50. alima pulu
13. sapulu taluaŋo	60. anama pulu
14. sapulu pataŋo	70. pitu pulu
15. sapulu alima	80. walu pulu
16. sapulu ana	90. sasio pulu
17. sapulu pitu	100. satu
18. sapulu walu	200. duatu
19. sapulu sasio	1000. sansou
20. dua pulu	2000. duansou

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. David Mead, SIL International, February 23, 2012.

Data has been taken from pages 52-54 of: Salombe C; B. Menggang Lausa, Rahim Hamid, and Carolus Uli. 1987. Struktur bahasa Wotu, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. David Mead, 2012 年 2 月 23 日.

Other comments: Wotu has a decimal system.

Other numeral expressions provided by Salombe et al. (1987:52) include:

31  =      talu pulu saŋo
41  =      pata pulu saŋo
61  =      anama pulu saŋo
69  =      anama pulu sassio
71  =      pitu pulu saŋo
81  =      walu pulu saŋo
91  =      sia pulu saŋo
101 =      satu saŋo
109 =      satu sassio
110 =      satu sapulu
201 =      duatu saŋo
300 =      talu atu
301 =      talu atu saŋo

400 =      patatu
500 =      limatu
501 =      limatu saŋo
600 =      anamatu
601 =      anamatu saŋo
700 =      pitu atu
701  =      pitu atu saŋo
800  =      walu   atu

801 = walu atu saŋo

900 =      sewatu
3000  =      talunsou
10,000 =      sapulusou
100,000  =      satunsou

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Summary in prose, with examples, by David Mead

The basic Wotu numerals one through nine are as follows. The numbers one through six and nine have distinct independent and bound forms.

independent bound

sango                     sa                     ‘one’
duango                   dua                   ‘two’
taluango                 talu                   ‘three’
patango                  pata                  ‘four’
alima                      lima                  ‘five’
ana                        anama               ‘six’
pitu                        pitu                   ‘seven’
walu                       walu                  ‘eight’
sassio                    sia                     ‘nine’

Bound forms are used preceding powers of ten, namely pulu ‘ten’, atu ‘hundred’ and sou ‘thousand’. Combinations which have been attested in the corpus are as follows (data mostly from Salombe, et al. 1987:52-53). Note the vowel coalescence which occurs when a bound numeral ending in a is followed by atu ‘hundred’. The expression for ‘fifty’ (taken from Sande, et al. 1991:78) is irregular, as the independent rather than the bound form of ‘five’ is used. The expression ‘nine hundred’ is irregular, where sewatu occurs (instead of expected siatu).

sapulu             ‘10’       satu              ‘100’          sansou          ‘1000’
dua pulu          ‘20’       duatu            ‘200’          duansou        ‘2000’
talu pulu          ‘30’       talu atu         ‘300’          talunsou        ‘3000’
pata pulu         ‘40’       patatu           ‘400’
alima pulu        ‘50’       limatu           ‘500’
anama pulu      ‘60’       anamatu        ‘600’
pitu pulu          ‘70’       pitu atu         ‘700’
walu pulu         ‘80’       walu atu        ‘800’
sia pulu           ‘90’       sewatu          ‘900’

Compare also for ten thousand and above:

sapulusou               ‘10,000’             (Salombe et al. 1987:53)
alima pulu nsou       ‘50,000’             (Sande, et al. 1991:122)
satunsou                 ‘100.000’           (Salombe et al. 1987:53)
duatunsou               ‘200,000’           (Sande, et al. 1991:122)

Complex numeric expressions are formed by variously combining forms such as above in order of decreasing value. The following are exemplary:

s-atu sa-pulu duango
one-hundred one-ten two
‘one hundred twelve’ (Sande, et al. 1991:81)

s-atu sa-pulu pitu
one-hundred one-ten seven
‘one hundred seventeen’ (Sande, et al. 1991:81)

lima atu sa-pulu sango
five hundred one-ten one
‘five hundred eleven’ (Sande, et al. 1991:81)

dua-n-sou s-atu sango
two-lg-thousand one-hundred one
‘two thousand one hundred one’ (Sande, et al. 1991:81)

When quantity is indicated without the use of a classifier or measure word, an independent form of the numeral is used.

sango burau           ‘one egg’           (Sande, et al. 1991:80)
duango burau         ‘two eggs’          (Sande, et al. 1991:80)
taluango lemba       ‘three boats’       (Sande, et al. 1991:80)
patango burau        ‘four eggs’          (Sande, et al. 1991:80)
lipa ana                 ‘six sarongs’       (Sande, et al. 1991:101)
bete sassio            ‘nine fish’          (Sande, et al. 1991:101)

When a classifier or measure word is present, the numeral immediately precedes the classifier or measure word. Both independent and bound forms have been attested in this position for the numerals one through five, but only independent forms for six through nine.

sango urra potolo
one root pencil
‘one pencil’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

sa-m-baa ana manu
one-lg-head child chicken
‘one chick’ (Sande, et al. 1991:79)

duango bobba surra
two flat.object letter
‘two letters’ (Sande, et al. 1991:81)

dua boba dopi
two flat.object board
‘two boards’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

banua-na taluango bobba
house-3 three flat.object
‘his three houses’ (Sande, et al. 1991:82)

talu m-baa manu
three lg-head chicken
‘three chickens’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

patango ganto juku
four cut meat
‘four chunks of meat’ (Sande, et al. 1991:79)

pata m-baa bete
four lg-head fish
‘four fish’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

alima ito-na bawine
five person-3 female
‘five women’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

alima bae punti
five fruit banana
‘five bananas’ (Sande, et al. 1991:81)

banua-na lima bobba
house-3 five flat.object
‘his five houses’ (Sande, et al. 1991:79) [1]

ana litere bae
six liter pestled.rice
‘six liters of pestled rice’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

pitu bobba lipa
seven flat.object sarong
‘seven sarongs’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

walu tingke bunga
eight stem flower
‘eight flowers’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

sassio baa-na manu
nine head-3 chicken
‘nine chickens’ (Salombe et al. 1987:63)

Language name and locationː Wotu, Sulawesi, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 沃图语, 印尼苏拉威西岛南部

1. saŋo	21. duaŋo pulu saŋo
2. duaŋo	22. duaŋo pulu duaŋo
3. taluaŋo	23. duaŋo pulu taluaŋo
4. patoŋo	24. duaŋo pulu patoŋo
5. alima	25. duaŋo pulu alima
6. ana	26. duaŋo pulu ana
7. pitu	27. duaŋo pulu pitu
8. walu	28. duaŋo pulu walu
9. sasio	29. duaŋo pulu sasio
10. sapulu	30. taluŋo pulu
11. sapulu saŋo	40. pataŋo pulu
12. sapulu duaŋo	50. lima pulu
13. sapulu taluaŋo	60. na pulu
14. sapulu patoŋo	70. pitu pulu
15. sapulu lima	80. walu pulu
16. sapulu ana	90. sasio pulu
17. sapulu pitu	100. satu
18. sapulu walu	200. duaŋo satu
19. sapulu sasio	1000. sou
20. duaŋo pulu	2000. duansou

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Charles E. Grimes, Department of Linguistics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, July 3, 1988.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Charles E. Grimes, 1988 年 7 月 3 日.

Other comments: Wotu has a decimal system.

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