How to count in Tolaki(nese), a Celebic language spoken in south east Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | o’aso | ko-aso |
| 2 | oruo | ko-ruo |
| 3 | otolu | ko-tolu |
| 4 | o’omba | ko-omba |
| 5 | o’limo | ko-limo |
| 6 | o’ono | ko-ono |
| 7 | opitu | ko-opitu |
| 8 | hoalu | ko-hoalu |
| 9 | osio | ko-osio |
| 10 | hopulo | ko-hopulo* |
| 11 | hopulo o’aso | |
| 12 | hopulo oruo | |
| 13 | hopulo otolu | |
| 14 | hopulo o’omba | |
| 15 | hopulo o’limo | |
| 16 | hopulo o’ono | |
| 17 | hopulo opitu | |
| 18 | hopulo hoalu | |
| 19 | hopulo osio | |
| 20 | rua-mbulo | |
| 21 | rua-mbulo o’aso | |
| 22 | rua-mbulo oruo | |
| 23 | rua-mbulo otolu | |
| 24 | rua-mbulo o’omba | |
| 25 | rua-mbulo o’limo | |
| 26 | rua-mbulo o’ono | |
| 27 | rua-mbulo opitu | |
| 28 | rua-mbulo hoalu | |
| 29 | rua-mbulo osio | |
| 30 | tolu-mbulo | |
| 40 | pato-mbulo | |
| 50 | lima-mbulo | |
| 60 | onoma-mbulo | |
| 70 | pitu-mbulo | |
| 80 | halu-mbulo | |
| 90 | sio-mbulo | |
| 100 | aso-etu | |
| 200 | rua-etu | |
| 231 | rua-etu tolu-mbulo o’aso | |
| 300 | tolu etu | |
| 400 | pato-etu | |
| 500 | lima-etu | |
| 600 | noma-etu | |
| 700 | pitu-etu | |
| 800 | halu-etu | |
| 900 | sio-etu | |
| 1,000 | aso-sowu | |
| 2,000 | rua-sowu | |
| 3,000 | tolu-sowu | |
| 4,000 | pato-sowu | |
| 5,000 | lima-sowu | |
| 6,000 | ono-sowu, onoma sowu | |
| 7,000 | pitu-sowu | |
| 8,000 | halu-sowu | |
| 9,000 | sio-sowu | |
| 10,000 | hopulo-sowu | |
| 78,433 | pitu-mbulo halu-sowu pato-etu tolu-mbulo otolu | |
| 923,560 | sito-etu rua-mbulo tolu-sowu lima-etu onoma-mbulo |
*It is not clear how ordinals of multiples of ten, hundred or a thousand would be formed, as these do not arise often in natural speech, and Indonesian forms tend to be used when the need arises.
Source: Marian Klamer & František Kratochvíl. Number and quantity in East Nusantara. Asia Pacific Linguistics. The Australian National University. Canberra – 2014.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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