How to count in Dawan (Uab Metô), a Timoric language spoken in East Nusa Tenggara province on the island of West Timor in Indonesia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | nol, luman | |
| 1 | mese’, mesê | mes’ê |
| 2 | nua, nua’ | nua’ê |
| 3 | teun | teun’ê |
| 4 | ha’, há | ha’ê |
| 5 | nim, ním | ním’ê |
| 6 | ne’, né | ne’ê |
| 7 | hiut | hiut’ê |
| 8 | faun, faon | faun’ê |
| 9 | sio | sio’ê |
| 10 | bo’, bo’es, boës | boës’ê |
| 11 | bo’es-am-mese’ | boësammes’ê |
| 12 | bo’es-am-nua’ | boësamnua’ê |
| 13 | bo’es-am-teun | boësamteun’ê |
| 14 | bo’es-am-ha’ | boësamha’ê |
| 15 | bo’es-am-nim | |
| 16 | bo’es-am-ne’ | |
| 17 | bo’es-am-hiut | |
| 18 | bo’es-am-faun | |
| 19 | bo’es-am-sio’ | |
| 20 | bo’nua’ | |
| 21 | bo’nua-m-mese’ | |
| 22 | bo’nua-m-nua’ | |
| 23 | bo’nua-m-teun | |
| 24 | bo’nua-m-ha’ | |
| 25 | bo’nua-m-nim | |
| 26 | bo’nua-m-ne’ | |
| 27 | bo’nua-m-hiut | |
| 28 | bo’nua-m-faun | |
| 29 | bo’nua-m-sio | |
| 30 | bo’teun | |
| 40 | bo’ha’ | |
| 50 | bo’nim | |
| 60 | bo’ne’ | |
| 70 | bo’hiut | |
| 80 | bo’faun | |
| 90 | bo’sio’ | |
| 100 | natu mese’, nautnes | |
| 200 | natu nua | |
| 1,000 | nifun mese’, niufnes | |
| 2,000 | nifun nua | |
| 1,000,000 | juta mese’, juta es, jutes |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Dawan numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Uab-Meto.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uab_Meto_language#Numbers
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Uab_Meto
http://www.geocities.ws/johnmanhitu2001/Numeralia_dan_Pronomina_Sembilan_Bahasa.PDF
Information about Dawan | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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