How to count in Papapana, a Western Oceanic language spoken on the northeast coast of Bougainville Province in Papua New Guinea.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | aruai | |
| 1 | naʼaria | nanamoa |
| 2 | nuata | va-nua |
| 3 | tautono | va-atono |
| 4 | tauvasi | va-tauvasi |
| 5 | pepeitaunima | va-pepeitaunima |
| 6 | pepeitaunima na’aria [toatoa] | va-pepeitaunima na’aria |
| 7 | pepeitaunima nuata [toatoa] | va-pepeitaunima nuata |
| 8 | pepeitaunima tautono [toatoa] | va-pepeitaunima tautono |
| 9 | pepeitaunima tauvasi [toatoa] | va-pepeitaunima tautono |
| 10 | numanoa | va-numanoa |
| 11 | numanoa na’aria [toatoa] | |
| 12 | numanoa nuata [toatoa] | |
| 13 | numanoa tautono [toatoa] | |
| 14 | numanoa tauvasi [toatoa] | |
| 15 | numanoa pepeitaunima [toatoa] | |
| 16 | numanoa pepeitaunima na’aria [toatoa] | |
| 17 | numanoa pepeitaunima nuata [toatoa] | |
| 18 | numanoa pepeitaunima tautono [toatoa] | |
| 19 | numanoa pepeitaunima tauvasi [toatoa] | |
| 20 | nuau manoa | |
| 21 | nuau manoa na’aria [toatoa] | |
| 22 | nuau manoa nuata [toatoa] | |
| 23 | nuau manoa tautono [toatoa] | |
| 24 | nuau manoa tauvasi [toatoa] | |
| 25 | nuau manoa pepeitaunima [toatoa] | |
| 26 | nuau manoa pepeitaunima na’aria | |
| 27 | nuau manoa pepeitaunima nuata [toatoa] | |
| 28 | nuau manoa pepeitaunima tautono [toatoa] | |
| 29 | nuau manoa pepeitaunima tauvasi [toatoa] | |
| 30 | tautoi manoa | |
| 40 | tauvasi manoa | |
| 50 | pepeitaunima manoa | |
| 60 | pepeitaunima nu’aria manoa | |
| 70 | pepeitaunima nuau manoa | |
| 80 | pepeitaunima tautoi manoa | |
| 90 | pepeitaunima tauvasi manoa | |
| 100 | nuau pepeitaunima manoa | |
| 1,000 | manomanoana | |
| 2,000 | nuau manomanoana |
Source: A Grammar of Papapana, with an investigation into Language Contact and Endangerment. Ellen Louise Smith B.A.(Hons), M.A.. The University of Newcastle, Australia, February 2015.
Information about Papapana numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Papapana.htm
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Papapana | Numbers
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