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    55 published entries

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    54 published entries

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    9 published entries

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    6 published entries

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    5 published entries

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    5 published entries

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    4 published entries

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    2 published entries

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Aribwaung

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.

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paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin siruc aruts
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin siruc siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ lefen nitsin uruts
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin siruc aruts
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin siruc siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc nitsin uruts
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin siruc aruts
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin siruc siruc
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ menen nidzin uruts
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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paŋɡi-ŋɡ siruc ofoŋ siruc
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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S
siruc
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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siruc aruts
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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siruc siruc
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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U
uruts
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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