Value ‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals

Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Ordinal numerals

Examples

  1. Di bwai-dem tek wan manngo an tuu apl.
    Di
    det
    bwai-dem
    boy-pl
    tek
    take
    wan
    one
    manngo
    mango
    an
    and
    tuu
    two
    apl.
    apple
    The boys took one mango and two apples.
  2. Di fos manggo di bwai-dem tiif pwail.
    Di
    det
    fos
    first
    manggo
    mango
    di
    det
    bwai-dem
    boy-pl
    tiif
    steal
    pwail.
    spoil
    The first mango the boys stole spoiled.