How to count in Tao (Cizicizing No Tao), a Philippine language spoken on Orchid Island, a part of Taiwan. It is also known as Yami, Botel Tobago, Lanyu or Tawu.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ása | nimanomána |
| 2 | dóa, dadoa, raroa | ikadoa na |
| 3 | tílo, atlo | ikatilo na, ikatlo na |
| 4 | ápat | ikapat na |
| 5 | líma, alima | ikalima na |
| 6 | ánem | ikanem na |
| 7 | píto, apito | ikapito na |
| 8 | wáo, awao | ikawao na |
| 9 | síam, asiam | ikasiam na |
| 10 | póo, asa ngernan, | ikapóo na |
| 11 | asa o ikasikaroa na, asa so ikaroa (a ngernan) |
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| 12 | adoa o ikasilaroa na | |
| 13 | atlo o ikasilaroa na | |
| 14 | apat o ikasilaroa na | |
| 15 | alima o ikasilaroa na | |
| 16 | anem o ikasikaroa na | |
| 17 | apito o ikasikaroa na | |
| 18 | awao o ikasikaroa na | |
| 19 | asiam o ikasikaroa na | |
| 20 | adao ngernan | |
| 21 | asa o ikasikatlo na | |
| 22 | adoa sa ikatilo | |
| 23 | adoa sa ikapat | |
| 24 | adoa sa ikalima | |
| 25 | adoa sa ikanem | |
| 26 | adoa sa ikapito | |
| 27 | adoa sa ikawao | |
| 28 | adoa sa ikasiam | |
| 29 | adoa sa ikapóo | |
| 30 | atlo o ngernan | |
| 33 | atlo so ikapat | |
| 40 | apat a ngernan | |
| 44 | apat so ikalima | |
| 50 | alima a ngernan | |
| 55 | alima so ikanem | |
| 60 | anem a ngernan | |
| 70 | apito a ngernan | |
| 80 | awao o ngernan, awao a ngernan | |
| 90 | asiam a ngernan | |
| 100 | asa poo, asa a poo | |
| 200 | adoa poo | |
| 1,000 | asa zivo | |
| 2,000 | adoa zivo | |
| 3,000 | atlo zivo | |
| 4,000 | apat zivo | |
| 5,000 | lima zivo | |
| 6,000 | anem zivo | |
| 7,000 | pito zivo | |
| 8,000 | wao zivo | |
| 9,000 | siam zivo | |
| once | ipisa | |
| twice | ipidoa | |
| thrice | ipitlo | |
| 4 times | ipipat | |
| 5 times | ipilima | |
| 6 times | ipinem | |
| group of two | teyrararoa | |
| group of three | teytatatilo | |
| group of four | teypapapat | |
| group of five | teylalalima | |
| group of six | teynananem |
Hear some Yami / Tao numbers
Note: Numbers above ten are expressed “in fraction”. In other words, eleven is literally one out of the second ten, and twenty-two is two out of the third ten.
Multiples of ten, on the other hand, are expressed with the number followed by the linker “a”, and the unit of ten “ngernan”.
Source: Yami Texts with Reference Grammar and Dictionary, 何德華 (D. Victoria Rau), 董瑪女 (Maa-Neu Dong), 中央研究院 語言學研究所 Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan – 2006.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Yami (Tao) numerals
http://yamiproject.cs.pu.edu.tw/yami/corpus/corpus_026.htm
http://yamiproject.cs.pu.edu.tw/elearn/s9_1.php
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