Counting in Tukudede

Language overview

Forty-two in Tukudede The Tukudede language (also known as Tukude, Tokodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) belongs to the Austronesian family, and more specifically to the Malayo-Polynesian group. It is spoken in East timor in the district of Liquiçá, and counts about 63,200 speakers.

Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 9,999 in Tukudede. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

Tukudede numbers list

  • 1 – iso
  • 2 – ruu
  • 3 – telu
  • 4 – paat
  • 5 – lim
  • 6 – hohoniso
  • 7 – hoho ruu
  • 8 – hoho telu
  • 9 – hoho pat
  • 10 – sagulu
  • 11 – sagulu gresi iso
  • 12 – sagulu gresi ruu
  • 13 – sagulu gresi telu
  • 14 – sagulu gresi paat
  • 15 – sagulu gresi lim
  • 16 – sagulu gresi hohoniso
  • 17 – sagulu gresi hoho ruu
  • 18 – sagulu gresi hoho telu
  • 19 – sagulu gresi hoho pat
  • 20 – sakui ruu
  • 30 – sakui telu
  • 40 – sakui paat
  • 50 – sakui lim
  • 60 – sakui hohoniso
  • 70 – sakui hoho ruu
  • 80 – sakui hoho telu
  • 90 – sakui hoho paat
  • 100 – atus iso
  • 1,000 – rihun iso

Tukudede numbering rules

Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).

  • Digits from one to nine are specific words, namely iso [1], ruu [2], telu [3], paat [4], lim [5], hohoniso [6] (5+1), hoho ruu [7] (5+2), hoho telu [8] (5+3), and hoho pat [9] (5+4). From the digit names, we can see that Tocodede follows a quinary numeral system.
  • The tens are formed by the word sakui (from sagulu, ten), followed by the multiplier digit, except for ten itself: sagulu [10], sakui ruu [20], sakui telu [30], sakui paat [40], sakui lim [50], sakui hohoniso [60], sakui hoho ruu [70], sakui hoho telu [80], and sakui hoho paat [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, then the word gresi, and the digit (e.g.: sagulu gresi hoho telu [18], sakui paat gresi lim [45]).
  • The hundreds are built the same way as the tens, the word for hundred (atus) being followed by the multiplier digit: atus iso [100], atus ruu [200], atus telu [300], atus paat [400], atus lim [500]…
  • The thousands follow the same structure, the word for thousand being rihun: rihun iso [1,000], rihun ruu [2,000], rihun telu [3,000], rihun paat [4,000], rihun lim [5,000]…

Write a number in full in Tukudede

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Tukudede. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.

Source

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages

Gilbertese, Nume, South Efate, and Tukudede.

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