How to count in Orokolo, a Western Eleman language spoken in Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | haroapo | koare |
| 2 | arahokaila, orahoka | aire, orahoka hoa |
| 3 | ilehoila | ilehoila hoa |
| 4 | hari-ila | hari0ila hoa |
| 5 | hue-ila | hue-ila hoa |
| 6 | aukava-ila | aukava-ila hoa |
| 7 | parae-ila | parae-ila hoa |
| 8 | ari-ila | ari-ila hoa |
| 9 | kae-ila | kae-ila hoa |
| 10 | mai ukai ukai, horo-ila | mai ukai ukai hoa |
| 11 | karave-ila | |
| 12 | avako-ila | |
| 13 | ahoa-ila | |
| 14 | aho-ukai-ila | |
| 15 | karave-ukai-ila | |
| 16 | avako-ukai-ila | |
| 17 | avea-ukai-ila | |
| 18 | horo-ukai-ila | |
| 19 | kae-ukai-ila | |
| 20 | mai-ukai-ukai-loa-ukai-ukai ari-ukai ila |
Source: Herbert A. Brown. A COMPARATIVE DICTIONARY OF OROKOLO, GULF OF PAPUA. PACIFIC LINGUISTICS Series C - No. 84, 1986.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Orokolo numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Orokolo.htm
https://www.scribd.com/document/550809666/A-Comparative-Dictionary-of-Orokolo-Gulf-of-Papua-Pacific-Linguistics
Information about Orokolo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orokolo_language
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Orokolo pages: Numbers | Tower of Babel
Alphabetical index | Language family index
[top]
Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com
You can support this site by Buying Me A Coffee, via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways.
If you find all the adverts annoying, there is now an Ad-free version of Omniglot which you can access for a small monthly or annual donation.
This website and its content is copyright of Simon Ager - © Simon Ager 1998-2026. All rights reserved. All images were created by me, unless otherwise indicated. More details
[top]
