How to count in Roviana, a member of the Oceanic branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken in New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | keke, tasa | kekenu, kenuna |
| 2 | karua, karu, kara | vina rua |
| 3 | neta | vina neta |
| 4 | kamade | vina made |
| 5 | kalima | vina lima |
| 6 | onomo | vina onomo |
| 7 | zuapa | vina zuapa |
| 8 | vesu | vina vesu |
| 9 | sia | vina sia |
| 10 | manege | vina manege |
| 11 | manege eke | vina manege eke |
| 12 | manege rua | vina manege rua |
| 13 | manege neta | vina manege neta |
| 14 | manege made | vina manege made |
| 15 | manege lima | vina manege lima |
| 16 | manege onomo | vina manege onomo |
| 17 | manege zuapa | vina manege zuapa |
| 18 | manege vesu | vina manege vesu |
| 19 | manege sia | vina manege sia |
| 20 | hiokona | |
| 21 | hiokona eke | |
| 22 | hiokona rua | |
| 23 | hiokona neta | |
| 24 | hiokona made | |
| 25 | hiokona lima | |
| 26 | hiokona onomo | |
| 27 | hiokona zuapa | |
| 28 | hiokona vesu | |
| 29 | hiokona sia | |
| 30 | tolo navulu | |
| 40 | made navulu | |
| 50 | lima navulu | |
| 60 | onomo navulu | |
| 70 | zuapa navulu | |
| 80 | vesu navulu | |
| 90 | sia navulu | |
| 100 | keke gogoto (one hundred), gogoto (hundred) |
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| 200 | rua gogoto | |
| 300 | neta gogoto | |
| 400 | made gogoto | |
| 500 | lima gogoto | |
| 600 | onomo gogoto | |
| 700 | zuapa gogoto | |
| 800 | vesu gogoto | |
| 900 | sia gogoto | |
| 1,000 | tina | |
| 2,000 | rua tina | |
| 3,000 | neta tina | |
| 4,000 | made tina | |
| 5,000 | lima tina | |
| 6,000 | onomo tina | |
| 7,000 | zuapa tina | |
| 8,000 | vesu tina | |
| 9,000 | sia tina | |
| 10,000 | vuro | |
| once | keke totoso | |
| twice | karua totoso | |
| thrice | kaneta totoso |
Sources:
- J.H.L. Waterhouse, A Roviana and English Dictionary with English-Roviana Index. Sydney – 1949.
www.smg.surrey.ac.uk/media/1172/rovdic.pdf
- Ray, Sidney Herbert: A Comparative Study of the Melasian Island Languages. Grammar of the Roviana Language, 1926, Repr. 1978.
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_rug_morsyn-2
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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