Datapoint Belizean Creole/Ordinal numerals

Values

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

Example 9-68:
Fos taym me de hia dat now.
Fos
first
taym
time
me
me
de
prog
hia
hear
dat
that
now.
now
Now that's the first time I heard that.

Source: Escure 1980-1989

Example 9-69:
Tu tri nat de kɛʧ mi wan taym, n̩ ay av tu daʤ di fowt wan.
Tu
two
tri
three
nat
north
de
they
kɛʧ
catch
mi
me
wan
one
taym,
time
n̩
and
ay
1sg
av
have
tu
to
daʤ
dodge
di
the
fowt
fourth
wan.
one
Two-three storms (coming from the north) caught me once, and I had to dodge the fourth one.

Source: Escure 1985

Confidence:
Certain