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‘First’, ‘second’, or more are suppletive, the others are synchronically derived from cardinal numerals
Example 7-93:
fuhs sekan tuhd foot fif siks(t) sevn(t) eit naint tent - wan tu chrii foo faiv siks sevn eit nain ten
fuhs
first
sekan
second
tuhd
third
foot
fourth
fif
fifth
siks(t)
sixth
sevn(t)
seventh
eit
eighth
naint
ninth
tent
tenth
-
-
wan
one
tu
two
chrii
three
foo
four
faiv
five
siks
six
sevn
seven
eit
eight
nain
nine
ten
ten
first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth - one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Example 7-94:
wan tu chrii foo faiv siks sevn eit nain ten
wan
one
tu
two
chrii
three
foo
four
faiv
five
siks
six
sevn
seven
eit
eight
nain
nine
ten
ten
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
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Language:
Vincentian Creole
Feature:
Ordinal numerals
Source:
Own knowledge
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