How to count in Nengone (p’ene nengone), a New Caledonian language spoken in Loyalty Islands province of New Caledonia.
Nengone uses classifiers when counting specific things: ehna for the plural of living animate beings, ko for a precise quantity, so for inanimate beings and dead animals, and so on.
Some numbers have been borrowed from English.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | sa, dai |
| 2 | rewè |
| 3 | tini |
| 4 | ecè |
| 5 | sedongò |
| 6 | sedong ne sa |
| 7 | sedong ne rew |
| 8 | sedon ne tin |
| 9 | sedong ne ec |
| 10 | ruenin / ten |
| 11 | ruenin ne sa |
| 12 | ruenin ne rew / tuelev |
| 13 | ruenin ne tin |
| 14 | ruenin ne ec |
| 15 | adenin |
| 16 | adenin ne sa |
| 17 | adenin ne rew |
| 18 | adenin ne tin |
| 19 | adenin ne ec |
| 20 | sarengom / tuenti |
| 21 | sarengom ne sa |
| 22 | sarengom ne rew |
| 23 | sarengom ne tin |
| 24 | sarengom ne ec |
| 25 | sarengom ne sedong |
| 26 | sarengom ne sedosa |
| 27 | sarengom ne sedorew |
| 28 | sarengom ne sedotin |
| 29 | sarengom ne sedoec |
| 30 | sarengom ne ruenin |
| 40 | foti |
| 60 | tene re ngom |
| 100 | handed |
Information about counting in Nengone
https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-nengone/en/nen/
http://sealang.net/archives/pl/pdf/PL-C9.pdf
http://nengone.univ-nc.nc/spip.php?page=nengone_vocabulaire
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Information about Nengone | Numbers
Ajië, Cèmuhî, Drehu, Kumak, Nengone, Numèè, Nyelâyu, Paicî, Tîrî, Xârâcùù
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