Numbers in Puyuma

How to count in Puyuma (Pinayuanan), a Formosan language spoken mainly in Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan.

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Notes

* It seems that lrima (five) is only used to refer to the number five; in counting objects, or in any derivations, the base for five is always luwatr.

(1) Numerals (above ten) to modify non-personal nouns:

• 11 = muketrep mi-sama dra sa-a
• 12 = muketrep mi-sama dra drua-a
• 28 = makabetraan mi-sama dra walru-walru-a
• 36 = makatelun mi-sama dra na-nem-a

(2) Modifying personal nouns:

• 11 = muketrep kara-sa dra sama
• 12 = muketrep kara-drua dra sama
• 73 = makapitu kara-telru dra sama

Sources

• Stacy Fang-Ching Teng. A reference grammar of Puyuma, an Austronesian languge of Taiwan. Pacific Linguistics
• J. Cauquelin. The Puyuma language

Information about Puyuma numerals
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Puyuma.htm

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Puyuma | Numbers

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Numbers in Formosan languages

Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Pazeh, Puyuma, Rukai, Saaroa, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Tsou

Numbers in other languages

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