Santa Cruz numbers

How to count in Santa Cruz (Natqgu), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Nendö Island in the east of the Solomon Islands.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	esz', tesz'	kai
2	li	kra-li
3	tq	kra-tq
4	pwx	kra-pwx
5	nzlvqn	kra-nzlvqn
6	esz'mz	kra-esz'mz
7	rlimz	kra-rlimz
8	rtqmz	kra-rtqmz
9	rpwxmz	kra-rpwxmz
10	nzpnu, nzpnu-esz'	kra-nzpnu
11	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-esz'
12	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-li
13	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-tq
14	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-pwx
15	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-nzlvqn
16	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-esz'mz
17	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-rlimz
18	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-rtqmz
19	nzpnu-esz'-nrade-rpwxmz
20	nzpnu-li
21	nzpnu-li-nrade-esz'
22	nzpnu-li-nrade-li
23	nzpnu-li-nrade-tq
24	nzpnu-li-nrade-pwx
25	nzpnu-li-nrade-nzlvqn
26	nzpnu-li-nrade-esz'mz
27	nzpnu-li-nrade-rlimz
28	nzpnu-li-nrade-rtqmz
29	nzpnu-li-nrade-rpwxmz
30	nzpnu-tq
40	nzpnu-pwx
50	nzpnu-nzlvqn
60	nzpnu-esz'mz
70	nzpnu-rlimz
80	nzpnu-rtqmz
90	nzpnu-rpwxmz
100	trtqki,trtqki-esz'
1,000	siu, siu-esz'
1,000,000	nyrmz

Source: A Grammar Sketch of Natqgu [ntu]: An Oceanic language of Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands - Brenda H (2022)

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