How to count in Yonaguni (ドゥナンムヌイ), a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken on Yonaguni, one of the Ryūkyū islands in southern Japan.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 (一ち) | トゥーチ (ttūci) |
| 2 (二ち) | ターチ (ttāci) |
| 3 (三ち) | ミーチ (mīci) |
| 4 (四ち) | ドゥーチ (dūci) |
| 5 (五ち) | イチチ (icici) |
| 6 (六ち) | ムーチ (mūci) |
| 7 (七ち) | ナナチ (nanaci) |
| 8 (八ち) | ダーチ (dāci) |
| 9 (九ち) | クグンチ (kugunuci) |
| 10 (十) | トゥ (tu) |
Yonaguni uses classifiers when counting specific things (like Japanese). For example: the チ (-ci) classifier shown above is used for inanimate objects. When counting people the classifier -taintu is used, for animals -gara is used, for flat objects -ira is used, and for trees -mutu is used.
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https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Yonaguni_phrasebook
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/与那国語
https://wikitravel.org/ja/与那国方言会話集
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Information about Yonaguni | Numbers
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