How to count in Jedek, an Austroasiatic language spoken in northern Malaysia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | nay |
| 2 | dwaʔ |
| 3 | tigaʔ |
| 4 | ʔmpǝt |
| 5 | limaʔ |
| 6 | ʔnam |
| 7 | tujuh |
| 8 | lapan |
| 9 | smilan |
| 10 | s-puloh |
| 11 | s-blas |
| 12 | dwaʔ blas |
| 13 | tigaʔ blas |
| 14 | ʔmpǝt blas |
| 15 | limaʔ blas |
| 16 | ʔnam blas |
| 17 | tujuh blas |
| 18 | lapan blas |
| 19 | smilan blas |
| 20 | dwaʔ puloh |
| 21 | dwaʔ puloh nay |
| 22 | dwaʔ puloh dwaʔ |
| 23 | dwaʔ puloh tigaʔ |
| 24 | dwaʔ puloh ʔmpǝt |
| 25 | dwaʔ puloh limaʔ |
| 26 | dwaʔ puloh ʔnam |
| 27 | dwaʔ puloh tujuh |
| 28 | dwaʔ puloh lapan |
| 29 | dwaʔ puloh smilan |
| 30 | tigaʔ puloh |
| 40 | ʔmpǝt puloh |
| 50 | limaʔ puloh |
| 60 | ʔnam puloh |
| 70 | tujuh puloh |
| 80 | lapan puloh |
| 90 | smilan puloh |
| 100 | s-ratos, ratos |
| 200 | dwaʔ ratos |
| 300 | tigaʔ ratos |
| 400 | ʔmpǝt ratos |
| 500 | limaʔ ratos |
| 600 | ʔnam ratos |
| 700 | tujuh ratos |
| 800 | lapan ratos |
| 900 | smilan ratos |
| 1,000 | s-ribuʔ |
| 2,000 | dwaʔ ribuʔ |
| 3,000 | tigaʔ ribuʔ |
| 4,000 | ʔmpǝt ribuʔ |
| 5,000 | limaʔ ribuʔ |
| 6,000 | ʔnam ribuʔ |
| 7,000 | tujuh ribuʔ |
| 8,000 | lapan ribuʔ |
| 9,000 | smilan ribuʔ |
| 10,000 | s-puloh ribuʔ |
| 100,000 | s-ratos ribuʔ |
Source: Joanne Yager and Niclas Burenhult. De Gruyter Mouton. Linguistic Typology 2017; 21(3):493-545.
Information about Jedek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedek_language
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180206100349.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/unknown-language-discovered-malaysia-180968099/
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/07/583931629/linguists-discover-previously-unidentified-language-in-malaysia
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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