How to count in Ambel (galí Ambél), a Malayo-Polynesian spoken mainly on Waigeo island in West Papua province in eastern Indonesia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | kitém | iamanta |
| 2 | low | ilow |
| 3 | túl | itúl |
| 4 | hát | ihát |
| 5 | lim | ilim |
| 6 | wanóm | iwanóm |
| 7 | hit | ihit |
| 8 | wál | iwál |
| 9 | siw | isiw |
| 10 | lahé | ilahé |
| 11 | lahé may kitém | |
| 12 | lahé may low | |
| 13 | lahé may túl | |
| 14 | lahé may hát | |
| 15 | lahé may lim | |
| 16 | lahé may wanóm | |
| 17 | lahé may hit | |
| 18 | lahé may wál | |
| 19 | lahé may siw | |
| 20 | lahé low | |
| 21 | lahé low may kitém | |
| 22 | lahé low may low | |
| 23 | lahé low may túl | |
| 24 | lahé low may hát | |
| 25 | lahé low may lim | |
| 26 | lahé low may wanóm | |
| 27 | lahé low may hit | |
| 28 | lahé low may wál | |
| 29 | lahé low may siw | |
| 30 | lahé túl | |
| 40 | lahé hát | |
| 50 | lahé lim | |
| 60 | lahé wanóm | |
| 70 | lahé hit | |
| 80 | lahé wál | |
| 90 | lahé siw | |
| 100 | útun | |
| 200 | útun low | |
| 300 | útun túl | |
| 400 | útun hát | |
| 500 | útun lim | |
| 600 | útun wanóm | |
| 700 | útun hit | |
| 800 | útun wál | |
| 900 | útun siw | |
| 1,000 | calan | |
| 10,000 | calan lahé | |
| 1,000,000 | juta |
Source: Laura Arnold. A GRAMMAR OF AMBEL An Austronesian language of Raja Ampat, west New Guinea. The University of Edinburgh, 2018.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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