Counting in Kanak languages

Spoken in the New-Caledonia archipelago, the 28 Kanak languages belong to the Austronesian languages family. Among them, we find Nengone, Paicî and Nêlêmwa, which respectively count 9,000, 7,000 and 1,000 speakers older than 14 years.

Counting in Nengone
1 – sa
2 – rewe
3 – tini
4 – ece
5 – sedong
6 – sedong ne sa
7 – sedong ne rew
8 – sedong ne tin
9 – sedong ne ec

Counting in Paicî
1 – caapwi
2 – êrêilû
3 – êrêcié
4 – êrêpëpé
5 – caa kârâ î-jè
6 – caa kârâ î-jè görö caapwi
7 – caa kârâ î-jè görö êrêilû
8 – caa kârâ î-jè görö êrêcié
9 – caa kârâ î-jè görö êrêpëpé

Counting in Nêlêmwa
1 – pwa-giik
2 – pwa-du
3 – pwa-gan
4 – pwa-baak
5 – pwa-nem
6 – pwa-nem-giik
7 – pwa-nem-du
8 – pwa-nem-gan
9 – pwa-nem-baak