How to count in Kambera (hilu Humba), a Sumba-Flores language spoken in Sumba Island in eastern Indonesia
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Numeral | Cardinal |
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1 | diha [ɗiha] |
2 | dua [ɗua] |
3 | tailu [tailu], tilu [tilu] |
4 | patu [patu] |
5 | lima [lima] |
6 | nomu [nomu] |
7 | pitu [pitu] |
8 | walu [walu] |
9 | hiwa [hiwa] |
10 | ha.kambulu |
11 | ha.kambulu hau |
12 | ha.kambulu dua, ha.kambulu dumba |
13 | ha.kambulu tailu |
14 | ha.kambulu patu |
15 | ha.kambulu lima |
16 | ha.kambulu nomu |
17 | ha.kambulu pitu |
18 | ha.kambulu walu |
19 | ha.kambulu hiwa |
20 | dua kambulu |
21 | dua kambulu luhau |
22 | dua kambulu ludua, dua kambulu ludambu |
23 | dua kambulu lutailu |
24 | dua kambulu lupatu |
25 | dua kambulu lulima |
26 | dua kambulu lunomu |
27 | dua kambulu lupitu |
28 | dua kambulu luwalu |
29 | dua kambulu lu hiwa |
30 | tailu kambulu |
40 | patu kambulu |
50 | lima kambulu |
60 | nomu kambulu |
70 | pitu kambulu |
80 | walu kambulu |
90 | hiwa kambulu |
100 | ha.ngahu |
200 | dua ngahu |
300 | tailu ngahu |
400 | patu ngahu |
500 | lima ngahu |
600 | nomu ngahu |
700 | pitu ngahu |
800 | walu ngahu |
900 | hiwa ngahu |
1,000 | ha.riu |
2,000 | dua riu |
3,000 | tailu riu |
4,000 | patu riu |
5,000 | lima riu |
6,000 | nomu riu |
7,000 | pitu riu |
8,000 | walu riu |
9,000 | hiwa riu |
10,000 | ha.kambulu riu |
1,000,000 | hau njuta |
Source: Marian Klamer. A Grammar of Kambera. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 1998.
Information about Kambera numerals
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Kambera.htm
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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