How to count in Tolaki(nese), a Celebic language spoken in south east Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
---|---|---|
1 | o’aso | ko-aso |
2 | oruo | ko-ruo |
3 | otolu | ko-tolu |
4 | o’omba | ko-omba |
5 | o’limo | ko-limo |
6 | o’ono | ko-ono |
7 | opitu | ko-opitu |
8 | hoalu | ko-hoalu |
9 | osio | ko-osio |
10 | hopulo | ko-hopulo* |
11 | hopulo o’aso | |
12 | hopulo oruo | |
13 | hopulo otolu | |
14 | hopulo o’omba | |
15 | hopulo o’limo | |
16 | hopulo o’ono | |
17 | hopulo opitu | |
18 | hopulo hoalu | |
19 | hopulo osio | |
20 | rua-mbulo | |
21 | rua-mbulo o’aso | |
22 | rua-mbulo oruo | |
23 | rua-mbulo otolu | |
24 | rua-mbulo o’omba | |
25 | rua-mbulo o’limo | |
26 | rua-mbulo o’ono | |
27 | rua-mbulo opitu | |
28 | rua-mbulo hoalu | |
29 | rua-mbulo osio | |
30 | tolu-mbulo | |
40 | pato-mbulo | |
50 | lima-mbulo | |
60 | onoma-mbulo | |
70 | pitu-mbulo | |
80 | halu-mbulo | |
90 | sio-mbulo | |
100 | aso-etu | |
200 | rua-etu | |
231 | rua-etu tolu-mbulo o’aso | |
300 | tolu etu | |
400 | pato-etu | |
500 | lima-etu | |
600 | noma-etu | |
700 | pitu-etu | |
800 | halu-etu | |
900 | sio-etu | |
1,000 | aso-sowu | |
2,000 | rua-sowu | |
3,000 | tolu-sowu | |
4,000 | pato-sowu | |
5,000 | lima-sowu | |
6,000 | ono-sowu, onoma sowu | |
7,000 | pitu-sowu | |
8,000 | halu-sowu | |
9,000 | sio-sowu | |
10,000 | hopulo-sowu | |
78,433 | pitu-mbulo halu-sowu pato-etu tolu-mbulo otolu | |
923,560 | sito-etu rua-mbulo tolu-sowu lima-etu onoma-mbulo |
*It is not clear how ordinals of multiples of ten, hundred or a thousand would be formed, as these do not arise often in natural speech, and Indonesian forms tend to be used when the need arises.
Source: Marian Klamer & František Kratochvíl. Number and quantity in East Nusantara. Asia Pacific Linguistics. The Australian National University. Canberra – 2014.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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