Language name and locationː Yuanga,
New Caledonia
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. -xɛ |
21. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poxɛ |
2. -ʈu |
22. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poʈu |
3. -kɔ |
23. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa pokɔ |
4. -pa |
24. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa popa |
5. -ni |
25. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poni |
6. -ni ma xɛ (5 + 1) |
26. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poni ma xɛ |
7. -ni ma ᶯɖu (5 + 2) |
27. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poni ma ᶯɖu |
8. -ni ma ᵑɡɔ (5 + 3) |
28. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poni ma ᵑɡɔ |
9. -ni ma ᵐba (5 + 4) |
29. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa poni ma ᵐba |
10. ʈuːᶮɟi |
30. axɛ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa ʈuːᶮɟi |
11. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔxe |
40. aru ɛᵑɡu (2 x 20) |
12. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔʈu |
50. aru ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa ʈuːᶮɟi |
13. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔkɔ |
60. akɔ ɛᵑɡu (3 x 20) |
14. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔpa |
70. akɔ ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa ʈuːᶮɟi |
15. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔni |
80. apa ɛᵑɡu (4 x 20) |
16. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔni ma xɛ |
90. apa ɛᵑɡu ᵐbʷa ʈuːᶮɟi |
17. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔni ma ᶯɖu |
100. ani ɛᵑɡu (5 x 20) |
18. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔni ma ᵑɡɔ |
200. ʈuːᶮɟi ɛᵑɡu (10 x 20) |
19. ʈuːᶮɟi ᵐbʷa pɔni ma ᵐba |
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20. axɛ ɛᵑɡu (litː 'ɛᵑɡu'=man') |
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Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Isabelle Bril,
LACITO-CNRS, Paris, France,
June
12, 2006. |
Other comments: Yuaanga or Yuanga has a traditional quinary-vigesimal system based on 'hands' and 'persons'. Yuaanga like most Oceanic Austronesian languages, has a complicated classifier systems which should be used with a variety of nouns their modified. There are nine sets of classifiers used with numbers 1 to 9. The above is a basic or 'root' forms. The wordsː 'ni'=hand; 'ɛᵑɡu'=person; the origin of 'ten' tuːᶮɟi is unknown. The above data is taken from Zuaang dialect. Yuaanga is spoken by about 2,400 speakers in west coast and central north in inland valleys between Gomen (Thuanga) and Ouégoa (Juanga), North province, New Caledonia. |
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