How to count in Kara, an Oceanic language spoken in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | saxa | mata |
| 2 | taragua | fa-taragua-aan-a |
| 3 | talatul | fa-talatul-aan-a |
| 4 | talafaat | fa-talafaat-aan-a |
| 5 | pama | fa-pama-aan-a |
| 6 | pisaxa | fa-pisaxa-aan-a |
| 7 | pisiguak | fa-pisiguak-aan-a |
| 8 | pisiktul | fa-pisiktul-aan-a |
| 9 | pisikfaat | fa-pisikfaat-aan-a |
| 10 | sangafilu | fa-sangafilu-aan-a |
| 11 | sangafilu saxa pana saxa | |
| 12 | sangafilu saxa pana taragua | |
| 13 | sangafilu saxa pana talatul | |
| 14 | sangafilu saxa pana talafaat | |
| 15 | sangafilu saxa pana pama | |
| 16 | sangafilu saxa pana pisaxa | |
| 17 | sangafilu saxa pana pisiguak | |
| 18 | sangafilu saxa pana pisiktul | |
| 19 | sangafilu saxa pana pisikfaat | |
| 20 | sangafilu taragua | |
| 21 | sangafilu taragua pana saxa | |
| 22 | sangafilu taragua pana taragua | |
| 23 | sangafilu taragua pana talatul | |
| 24 | sangafilu taragua pana talafaat | |
| 25 | sangafilu taragua pana pama | |
| 26 | sangafilu taragua pana pisaxa | |
| 27 | sangafilu taragua pana pisiguak | |
| 28 | sangafilu taragua pana pisiktul | |
| 29 | sangafilu taragua pana pisikfaat | |
| 30 | sangafilu talatul | |
| 40 | sangafilu talafaat | |
| 50 | sangafilu pama | |
| 60 | sangafilu pisaxa | |
| 70 | sangafilu pisiguak | |
| 80 | sangafilu pisiktul | |
| 90 | sangafilu pisikfaat | |
| 100 | sangafilu sangafilu |
Source: A grammatical description of Kara-Lemakot, Matthew S. Dryer. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2013.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Kara numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Kara-PNG.htm
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Information about Kara | Numbers
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