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Adasen

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

D
du'wa
TWO

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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du'wa ŋa ɡa'sut
TWO HUNDRED

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu
TWENTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət du'wa
TWENTY TWO

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət li'ma
TWENTY FIVE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət pi'tu
TWENTY SEVEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət si'yam
TWENTY NINE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət təl'lu
TWENTY THREE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət wa'lu
TWENTY EIGHT

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət ʔən'nəm
TWENTY SIX

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət ʔəp'pat
TWENTY FOUR

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'pulu kət ʔi'sa
TWENTY ONE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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duwa ŋa 'ribu
TWO THOUSAND

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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L
li'ma
FIVE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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lima ŋa 'pulu
FIFTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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P
pi'tu
SEVEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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pitu wa 'pulu
SEVENTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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S
saŋa 'ribu
THOUSAND

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa ɡa'sut
HUNDRED

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu
TEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət du'wa
TWELVE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət li'ma
FIFTEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət pi'tu
SEVENTEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət si'yam
NINETEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət təl'lu
THIRTEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət wa'lu
EIGHTEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət ʔən'nəm
SIXTEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət ʔəp'pat
FOURTEEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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saŋa'pulu kət ʔi'sa
ELEVEN

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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si'yam
NINE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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siyam ma 'pulu
NINETY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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T
təl'lu
THREE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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təllu wa 'pulu
THIRTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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W
wa'lu
EIGHT

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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walu wa 'pulu
EIGHTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ʔ
ʔən'nəm
SIX

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ʔənnəm ma 'pulu
SIXTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ʔəp'pat
FOUR

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ʔəppat ta 'pulu
FORTY

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ʔi'sa
ONE

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset derived from curated Chan's "Numeral Systems of the World's Languages" from 2019. Chan, Eugene (eds.) 2019. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages (curated). https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals - accessed: 2019-09-30 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3475912. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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