How to count in Cheke Holo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | jero | |
| 1 | kaisei | ulu-lahu |
| 2 | phei | fa-peia |
| 3 | thilo | fa-thilo |
| 4 | fati | fa-fati |
| 5 | ḡlima | fa-lima |
| 6 | namno | fa-namno |
| 7 | fitu | fa-fitu |
| 8 | nhana | fa-hana |
| 9 | nheva | fa-heva |
| 10 | nabotho | fa-botho |
| 11 | nabotho kaisei | |
| 12 | nabotho phei | |
| 13 | nabotho thilo | |
| 14 | nabotho fati | |
| 15 | nabotho ḡlima | |
| 16 | nabotho namno | |
| 17 | nabotho fitu | |
| 18 | nabotho nhana | |
| 19 | nabotho nheva | |
| 20 | varadaki | |
| 21 | varadaki kaisei | |
| 22 | varadaki phei | |
| 23 | varadaki thilo | |
| 24 | varadaki fati | |
| 25 | varadaki ḡlima | |
| 26 | varadaki namno | |
| 27 | varadaki fitu | |
| 28 | varadaki nhana | |
| 29 | varadaki nheva | |
| 30 | thilofulu | |
| 40 | phiatutu | |
| 50 | ḡlima salei | |
| 60 | namno salei | |
| 70 | fitu salei | |
| 80 | nhana salei | |
| 90 | nheva salei | |
| 100 | ḡobi | |
| 200 | phei ḡobi | |
| 300 | thilo ḡobi | |
| 400 | fati ḡobi | |
| 500 | ḡlima ḡobi | |
| 600 | namno ḡobi | |
| 700 | fitu ḡobi | |
| 800 | nhana ḡobi | |
| 900 | nheva ḡobi | |
| 1,000 | (kaisei) thoga | |
| 2,000 | phei thoga | |
| 3,000 | thilo thoga | |
| 4,000 | fati thoga | |
| 5,000 | ḡlima thoga | |
| 6,000 | namno thoga | |
| 7,000 | fitu thoga | |
| 8,000 | nhana thoga | |
| 9,000 | nheva thoga | |
| 10,000 | nabotho thoga | |
| 1,000,000 | mola |
Source: Frederick Alvin Boswell. A Grammar of Cheke Holo. Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2018.
Information about Cheke Holo numerals: https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Cheke-Holo.htm
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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