How to count in Mavea, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Mavea island in Vanuatu.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tea | aite |
| 2 | rua | arua-na |
| 3 | tol(u) | atoli-na |
| 4 | vat(i) | avati-na |
| 5 | lima | alma-na |
| 6 | marava, (li)ma rava | marve-na |
| 7 | rave rua, rava rua | rave rua-na |
| 8 | rattol(u), rava tol(u) | rattoli-na |
| 9 | rappat(i), rav(a) vat(i) | rappati-na |
| 10 | saŋavul(u) | saŋavulu-na |
| 11 | saŋavul(u) vuan aite | |
| 12 | saŋavul(u) vuan i rua | |
| 13 | saŋavul(u) vuan i tol(u) | |
| 14 | saŋavul(u) vuan i vat(i) | |
| 15 | saŋavul(u) vuan i lima | |
| 16 | saŋavul(u) vuan i marava | |
| 17 | saŋavul(u) vuan i rava rua | |
| 18 | saŋavul(u) vuan i rattol(u) | |
| 19 | saŋavul(u) vuan i rappat(i) | |
| 20 | moŋavul rua | |
| 21 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin aite | |
| 22 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rua | |
| 23 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i tol(u) | |
| 24 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i vat(i) | |
| 25 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i lima | |
| 26 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i marava | |
| 27 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rava rua | |
| 28 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rattol(u) | |
| 29 | moŋavul rua ŋav atolin i rappat(i) | |
| 30 | moŋavul tol(u) | |
| 40 | moŋavul vat(i) | |
| 50 | moŋavul lima | |
| 60 | moŋavul marava | |
| 70 | moŋavul marve rua | |
| 80 | moŋavul marve tol | |
| 90 | moŋavul marpat(i) | |
| 100 | moŋgav saŋavul | |
| 200 | mova rua | |
| 300 | mova tol | |
| 400 | mova vati | |
| 500 | mova lima | |
| 600 | mova l(i)marava | |
| 700 | mova l(i)marve rua | |
| 800 | mova l(i)marve tol | |
| 900 | mova l(i)marpati | |
| 1,000 | tar aite | |
| 2,000 | tar i rua | |
| 3,000 | tar i tol | |
| 4,000 | tar i vati | |
| 5,000 | tar i lima | |
| 6,000 | tar i l(i)marava | |
| 7,000 | tar i l(i)marve rua | |
| 8,000 | tar i l(i)marve tol | |
| 9,000 | tar i l(i)marpati | |
| 10,000 | tar i mosaŋavul(u) |
Source: Valérin Guérin. A Grammar of Mavea. An Oceanic Language of Vanuatu. University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, 2011.
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Information about Mavea numerals
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Mafea.htm
Information about Mavea | Numbers
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