Numbers in Kanakanavu

How to count in Kanakanavu, a Southern Tsouic language spoken in Namasia District of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan.

Numbers from 1-10 have different forms depending on whether you are counting things (t), people (p), or just counting in general (g).

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers
1	cani (g), ucani (t), taciin (p)
2	cusa (g), urucin (t), tassa (p)
3	turu (g), uturu (t). taturu (p)
4	sʉʉpatʉ (g), usʉʉpatʉ (t), sasʉʉpatʉ (p)
5	rima (g), urima (t), rarima (p)
6	nʉmʉ (g), unʉmʉ (t), nanʉmʉ (p)
7	pitu (g), upitu (t), papitu (p)
8	aru (g), u-aru (t), rararu (p)
9	sia (g), usia (t), sasia (p)
10	maan (g), umaan (t), mamaan (p)
11	maan ucani
12	maan urucin
13	maan uturu
14	maan usʉpatʉ
15	maan urima
16	maan unʉmʉ
17	maan upitu
18	maan uaru
19	maan usia
20	mapusan
21	mapusan ucani
22	mapusan urucin
23	mapusan uturu
24	mapusan usʉpatʉ
25	mapusan urima
26	mapusan unʉmʉ
27	mapusan upitu
28	mapusan uaru
29	mapusan usia
30	matuun
40	masʉpatʉʉn, masʉpatʉn
50	maimʉʉn
60	manʉmʉn
70	mapituun
80	maruun
90	masiʉn
100	mʉna
1,000	metusa
10,000	me’i

Information about Kanakanavu numerals
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/卡那卡那富語#數字 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Kanakanabu_numerals
https://e-dictionary.ilrdf.org.tw/xnb/search.htm

Information about Kanakanavu | Numbers

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