Numbers in Kembayan

How to count in Kembayan, a member of the Southern Land Dayak branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken in the West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It is also known as Mateq or Mate'.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	nyéq	paritama
2	idu	ku-idu
3	taruah	ku-taruah
4	mpat	ku-mpat
5	remeh	ku-remeh
6	nnèm	ku-nnèm
7	ijuq	ku-ijuq
8	mei	ku-mei
9	puri	ku-puri
10	semea	ku-semea
11	si-bolas
12	idu bolas
13	taruah bolas
14	mpat bolas
15	remeh bolas
16	nnèm bolas
17	ijuq bolas
18	mei bolas
19	puri bolas
20	idu puruq
21	idu puruq nyéq
22	idu puruq idu
23	idu puruq taruah
24	idu puruq mpat
25	idu puruq remeh
26	idu puruq nnèm
27	idu puruq ijuq
28	idu puruq mei
29	idu puruq puri
30	taruah puruq
40	mpat puruq
50	remeh puruq
60	nnèm puruq
70	ijuq puruq
80	mei puruq
90	puri puruq
100	si-ratus
200	idu ratus
1,000	si-ribu
2,000	idu ribu

Source: Source: Timothy Connell. A Sketch Grammar of Matéq: A Land Dayak Language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Information about Kembayan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kembayan_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xem

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Numbers in Malayo-Polynesian languages

Ambel, Araki, Balinese, Banjarese, Batak (Toba), Biak, Bugis, Chamorro, Dhao, Ende-Li'o, Hawu, Iban, Indonesian, Javanese, Kambera, Kembayan, Kei, Madurese, Malagasy, Malay, Manggarainese, Minangkabau, Moma-Kulawi, Motu, Ngadha, Paku, Rongga, Selaru, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Tado-Lindu, Wandamen, Yakan

Numbers in other languages

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