How to count in East Ambae, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Ambae Island in Vanuatu.
When counting from 1-9 in general, the first forms of the cardinal numbers are used, and when counting specific things, the second forms are used.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tea [tea], gatewale [katewalɛ] | tomuegi |
| 2 | rue [ruɛ], gairue | tuegi |
| 3 | tolu [tɔlu], gaitolu | gaitoligi |
| 4 | vesi [βɛsi], gaivesi | gaivesigi |
| 5 | lime [limɛ], gailime | gailimegi |
| 6 | ono [ɔnɔ], gaiono | gaionogi |
| 7 | bitu [ᵐbitu], gaibitu | gaibitugi |
| 8 | welu [wɛlu], gaiwelu | gaiwelugi |
| 9 | siwo [siwɔ], gaisiwo | gaisiwogi |
| 10 | hangavulu [haŋaβulu] | gaihangavulugi |
| 11 | hangavulu domwagi gatawale | hangavulu domwagi gatawalegi |
| 12 | hangavulu domwagi gairue | hangavulu domwagi gairuegi |
| 13 | hangavulu domwagi gaitolu | hangavulu domwagi gaitoligi |
| 14 | hangavulu domwagi gaivesi | hangavulu domwagi gaivesigi |
| 15 | hangavulu domwagi gailime | hangavulu domwagi gailimegi |
| 16 | hangavulu domwagi gaiono | hangavulu domwagi gaionogi |
| 17 | hangavulu domwagi gaibitu | hangavulu domwagi gaibitugi |
| 18 | hangavulu domwagi gaiwelu | hangavulu domwagi gaiwelugi |
| 19 | hangavulu domwagi gaisiwo | hangavulu domwagi gaisiwogi |
| 20 | ngavulu gaivue | ngavulu gaivuegi |
| 21 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gatawale | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gatawalegi |
| 22 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gairue | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gairuegi |
| 23 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaitolu | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaitoligi |
| 24 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaivesi | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaivesigi |
| 25 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gailime | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gailimegi |
| 26 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaiono | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaionogi |
| 27 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaibitu | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaibitugi |
| 28 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaiwelu | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaiwelugi |
| 29 | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaisiwo | ngavulu gaivue domwagi gaisiwogi |
| 30 | ngavulu gaitolu | ngavulu gaitoligi |
| 40 | ngavulu gaivesi | ngavulu gaivesigi |
| 50 | ngavulu gailime | ngavulu gailimegi |
| 60 | ngavulu gaiono | ngavulu gaionogi |
| 70 | ngavulu gaibitu | ngavulu gaibitugi |
| 80 | ngavulu gaiwelu | ngavulu gaiwelugi |
| 90 | ngavulu gaisiwo | ngavulu gaisiwogi |
| 100 | vudolue | vudoluegi |
| 200 | vudolue vagarue | vudolue vagaruegi |
| 1,000 | teri | terigi |
Information about East Ambae numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Ambae-East.htm
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The lolovoli dialect of the North East Ambae Hyslop
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