Counting in South Efate

Enter a number and get it written in full in South Efate.

Language overview

The South Efate language (Fate, Erakor) is a Southern Oceanic language of the Malayo-Polynesian language family. Spoken on the island of Efate, in central Vanuatu, it counts about 6,000 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 999 in South Efate. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.

South Efate numbering rules

  • Digits from one to nine are specific words: i-skei [1], i-nru [2], i-tul [3], i-fat [4], i-lim [5], i-ɪa-tes [6], i-ɪa-ru [7], i-ɪa-tul [8], and i-ɪ-fot [9].
  • Tens are formed by setting the multiplier unit after the word for ten (ralim, from ra, two, and lim, five, or two times five): ralim i-skei (or only ralim) [10], ralim i-nru [20], ralim i-tul [30], ralim i-fat [40], ralim i-lim [50], ralim i-ɪa-tes [60], ralim i-ɪa-ru [70], ralim i-ɪa-tul [80], and ralim i-ɪ-fot [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed by linking the ten and the unit digit with the word atmat (plus), separated with spaces (e.g.: ralim i-skei atmat i-skei [11], ralim i-ɪa-tes atmat i-ɪa-tul [68]).
  • Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier unit after the word for hundred (tifli): tifli i-skei [100], tifli i-nru [200], tifli i-tul [300], tifli i-fat [400], tifli i-lim [500], tifli i-ɪa-tes [600], tifli i-ɪa-ru [700], tifli i-ɪa-tul [800], and tifli i-ɪ-fot [900].
  • Compound hundreds are formed by stating the hundred, then the ten and the unit (e.g.: tifli i-fat ralim i-nru atmat i-tul [423], tifli i-ɪim ralim i-ɪa-tes atmat i-nru [562]).

Books

A Grammar of South Efate: An Oceanic Language of VanuatuA Grammar of South Efate: An Oceanic Language of Vanuatu
by , editors University of Hawaii Press (2006)
[Amazon.com Amazon.com]

Numbers list

1 – i-skei
2 – i-nru
3 – i-tul
4 – i-fat
5 – i-lim
6 – i-ɪa-tes
7 – i-ɪa-ru
8 – i-ɪa-tul
9 – i-ɪ-fot
10 – ralim i-skei
11 – ralim i-skei atmat i-skei
12 – ralim i-skei atmat i-nru
13 – ralim i-skei atmat i-tul
14 – ralim i-skei atmat i-fat
15 – ralim i-skei atmat i-lim
16 – ralim i-skei atmat i-ɪa-tes
17 – ralim i-skei atmat i-ɪa-ru
18 – ralim i-skei atmat i-ɪa-tul
19 – ralim i-skei atmat i-ɪ-fot
20 – ralim i-nru
30 – ralim i-tul
40 – ralim i-fat
50 – ralim i-lim
60 – ralim i-ɪa-tes
70 – ralim i-ɪa-ru
80 – ralim i-ɪa-tul
90 – ralim i-ɪ-fot
100 – tifli i-skei

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Central Malayo-Polynesian languages

Gilbertese, Nume, South Efate, and Tukudede.

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