How to count in Savosavo, a Papuan language spoken on Savo Island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ela (pade/pa) | ela sua |
| 2 | edo | edo sua |
| 3 | ighiva (ighia) | ighiva sua |
| 4 | aghava | aghava sua |
| 5 | ara | ara sua |
| 6 | poghoa | poghoa sua |
| 7 | poghoro | poghoro sua |
| 8 | kui | kui sua |
| 9 | kuava | kuava sua |
| 10 | atale (pa kua/pa pigu) | atale sua |
| 11 | panipiti | |
| 12 | edonipiti | |
| 13 | ighivanipiti | |
| 14 | aghavanipiti | |
| 15 | aranipiti | |
| 16 | poghoanipiti | |
| 17 | poghoronipiti | |
| 18 | kuinipiti | |
| 19 | kuavanipiti | |
| 20 | nebolo | |
| 21 | nebolo pa | |
| 22 | nebolo edo | |
| 23 | nebolo ighiva | |
| 24 | nebolo aghava | |
| 25 | nebolo ara | |
| 26 | nebolo poghoa | |
| 27 | nebolo poghoro | |
| 28 | nebolo kui | |
| 29 | nebolo kuava | |
| 30 | ighivaleza | |
| 40 | aghavaleza | |
| 50 | aratale | |
| 60 | poghoatale | |
| 70 | poghoroatale | |
| 80 | kuiatale | |
| 90 | kuavatale | |
| 100 | pa kela | |
| 200 | edo kela | |
| 269 | edo kelagha poghoatale kuava | |
| 300 | ighia kela | |
| 400 | aghava kela | |
| 500 | ara kela | |
| 600 | poghoa kela | |
| 700 | poghoro kela | |
| 800 | kui kela | |
| 900 | kuava kela | |
| 999 | kuava kelagha kuavatale kuava | |
| 1,000 | pa togha | |
| 2,000 | edo togha | |
| 3,000 | ighia togha | |
| 4,000 | aghava togha | |
| 5,000 | ara togha | |
| 6,000 | poghoa togha | |
| 7,000 | poghoro togha | |
| 7,777 | poghoro toghagha poghoro kelagha poghoroatale poghoro | |
| 8,000 | kui togha | |
| 9,000 | kuava togha | |
| 10,000 | atale togha | |
| 100,000 | pa kela togha | |
| 300,000 | ighia kela togha | |
| 1,000,000 | pa mola | |
| 1,234,567 | pa mola edo kelagha ighivaleza aghava toghagha ara kelagha poghoatale poghoro |
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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