Information about counting in Dhao, a Sumba-Flores language spoken in Ndao Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
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1 | èci | ka-èci |
2 | dua | ka-dua |
3 | tèlu | ka-tèlu |
4 | èpa | ka-èpa |
5 | lèmi | ka-lèmi |
6 | èna | ka-èna |
7 | pidhu | ka-pidhu |
8 | aru | ka-aru |
9 | ceo | ka-ceo |
10 | canguru | ka-canguru |
11 | canguru èci | |
12 | canguru dua | |
13 | canguru tèlu | |
14 | canguru èpa | |
15 | canguru lèmi | |
16 | canguru èna | |
17 | canguru pidhu | |
18 | canguru aru | |
19 | canguru ceo | |
20 | dua nguru | |
21 | dua nguru èci | |
22 | dua nguru dua | |
23 | dua nguru tèlu | |
24 | dua nguru èpa | |
25 | dua nguru lèmi | |
26 | dua nguru èna | |
27 | dua nguru pidhu | |
28 | dua nguru aru | |
29 | dua nguru ceo | |
30 | tèlu nguru | |
40 | èpa nguru | |
50 | lèmi nguru | |
60 | èna nguru | |
70 | pidhu nguru | |
80 | aru nguru | |
90 | ceo nguru | |
100 | cangasu | |
101 | cangasu èci | |
200 | dua ngasu | |
300 | tèlu ngasu | |
400 | èpa ngasu | |
500 | lèmi ngasu | |
600 | èna ngasu | |
700 | pidhu ngasu | |
800 | aru ngasu | |
900 | ceo ngasu | |
1,000 | cariho | |
10,000 | canguru riho | |
100,000 | cangasu riho | |
1,000,000 | cajuta | |
once | catèka | |
twice | dua hari | |
three times | tèlu hari | |
1/2 | camalore |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Source: Jermy Imanuel Balukh. A Grammar of Dhao: An Endangered Austronesian Language in Eastern Indonesia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2020.
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