How to count in Pendau (Umalasa), a Celebic language spoken in the Donggala Regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | soung | too soung |
| 2 | doruo | too po’odoruonyo |
| 3 | totolu | too po’ototolunyo |
| 4 | raapat | too porapatonyo |
| 5 | lelima | too polelimanyo |
| 6 | roonong | too po’oronongonyo |
| 7 | pepitu | too popepitunyo |
| 8 | oalu | too po’oalnyou |
| 9 | sesio | too po’eseseionyo |
| 10 | sompulu | too po’osompulunyo |
| 11 | sompulu soung | too po’osompulunyo soung |
| 12 | sompulu doruo | too po’osompulunyo doruo(nyo) |
| 13 | sompulu totolu | |
| 14 | sompulu raapat | |
| 15 | sompulu lelima | |
| 16 | sompulu roonong | |
| 17 | sompulu pepitu | |
| 18 | sompulu oalu | |
| 19 | sompulu sesio | |
| 20 | ruompulu | |
| 21 | ruompulu soung | too po’oruompulu soungonyo |
| 22 | ruompulu doruo | |
| 23 | ruompulu totolu | |
| 24 | ruompulu raapat | |
| 25 | ruompulu lelima | |
| 26 | ruompulu roonong | |
| 27 | ruompulu pepitu | |
| 28 | ruompulu oalu | |
| 29 | ruompulu sesio | |
| 30 | (to)tolumpulu | |
| 40 | apampulu | |
| 50 | (le)limampulu | |
| 60 | onompulu | |
| 70 | (pe)pitumpulu | |
| 80 | oalumpulu | |
| 90 | (se)siompulu | |
| 100 | sagatus | too posagatusonyo |
| 200 | ruogatus | too poruosagatusonyo |
| 300 | (to)tolugatus | |
| 400 | apagatus | |
| 500 | limagatus | |
| 600 | onogatus | |
| 700 | pitugatus | |
| 800 | oalugatus | |
| 900 | siogatus | |
| 1,000 | seribu | |
| 2,000 | ruoribu | |
| 3,000 | toluribu | |
| 4,000 | aparibu | |
| 5,000 | limaribu | |
| 6,000 | onoribu | |
| 7,000 | pituribu | |
| 8,000 | oaluribu | |
| 9,000 | sioribu |
Source: Quick, Phil (2007). A grammar of the Pendau language of central Sulawesi, Indonesia (PDF). Pacific Linguistics 590. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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