How to count in Kumak (fwa kumak), a Northern New Caledonian language spoken in the North Province of New Caledonia. It is also known as Nêlêmwa-Nixumwak. The numbers are in the Nêlêmwa dialect of Kumak.
Numbers take different classifier suffixes depending on what you are counting. There are 22 of them for things like shape, configuration, animacy and so on.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | pwa-giik |
| 2 | pwa-du |
| 3 | pwa-gan |
| 4 | pwa-baak |
| 5 | pwa-nem |
| 6 | pwa-nem-giik |
| 7 | pwa-nem-du |
| 8 | pwa-nem-gan |
| 9 | pwa-nem-baak |
| 10 | tujic |
| 11 | tujic xa bwaat pwagiik |
| 12 | tujic xa bwaat pwadu |
| 13 | tujic xa bwaat pwagan |
| 14 | tujic xa bwaat pwabaak |
| 15 | tujic xa bwaat pwanem |
| 16 | tujic xa bwaat pwanemgiik |
| 17 | tujic xa bwaat pwanemdu |
| 18 | tujic xa bwaat pwanemgan |
| 19 | tujic xa bwaat pwanembaak |
| 20 | aaxi ak |
| 21 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwagiik |
| 22 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwadu |
| 23 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwagan |
| 24 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwabaak |
| 25 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwanem |
| 26 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwanemgiik |
| 27 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwanemdu |
| 28 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwanemgan |
| 29 | aaxi ak xa bwaat pwanembaak |
| 30 | aaxi ak xa bwaat tujic |
| 40 | aaru ak |
| 50 | aaru ak xa bwaat tujic |
| 60 | aaxan ak |
| 70 | aaxan ak xa bwaat tujic |
| 80 | aavaak ak |
| 90 | aavaak ak xa bwaat tujic |
| 100 | aanem ak |
Source: https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-kumak/en/nee/
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