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Numerals One (1) u-moʃi, (2) mōsi Two (1) u-ōri or ōli, (2) Vɑ:li Three (1) u-ɑtɑ:tu, (2) tɑ:tu Four (1) u-ɑ:yɑ:, (2) kwɑ:nɑ Five (1) u-ɑtɑ:nu, (2) tɑ:nu Six (1) mɑsɑmbɑ:nu, (2) pɑ'ndu Seven (1) u-ɑnɑ:nɑ, (2) pɑnduvɑ:li Eight (1) u-ɑtsɑmboɑ'di (2) kĭĕnɑ:nɑ, or tĭĕlɑ:lɑ Nine (1) u-ɑ:vŏɑ, (2)kĭĕkŭi Ten (1) u-ɑkūmi, (2) kwīni ombūlu (?) [[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] Eye dīsu eyes mēsu Tooth dīnu teeth mēnu Ear kūtu ears makūtu arm[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]] kōko arms mōko finger nle'mbu fingers mile'mbu one house nzō imōʃi two houses nzōz-ōre Door kielu door ie'lu Day /one kilumbi kimōʃi two day ilu'mbi iōli [[second column]] Bird nūni two birds nūniz ōli One egg diɑ:χi di mōʃi two eggs mɑ:χi mōli Leg kūlu legs mɑ:lu I am old kilūmbi kinūni I am sick kwēlɑ nkēnɑ it rains mvūlɑ mbŭīli go away dɑ:ue'ndɑ come here kwīzɑ; wīzɑ give me (?) mfūlu impēli I will come to-morrow mbɑ:ju kwīzɑ How do you do ngēu kolē I am well mōno kolē le koɑ'mi
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1. This document makes an important distinction between two different ways of writing the letter a (a vs. ɑ), even in the case of diacritic marks. DO NOT disregard this distinction. Enter the appropriate character if it appears without diacritics. For [[macron over "ɑ"]], enter "ɑ:". For [[macron over "a"]], enter "ɔ:". For [[breve "ɑ"]], enter "æ". For [[breve "a"]], enter "ă".
2. The apostrophe-like characters that appear above/just after some letters are stress marks that follow the stressed syllable. They can be represented with a single quote/apostrophe.
3. Some letters have what appears to be a vertical tilde underneath. These indicate nasal pronunciation but how they should be typed depends on the letter. Vowels can be represented by the tilde diacritic over that vowel except in the case of ɑ and ʊ. These can be represented as [[tilde "ɑ"]] and [[tilde "ʊ"]]. When this symbol appears under an "n" it represents the nasal "n" as in sang, and it should be entered as "ŋ", NOT "ñ" which represents a different sound. When it appears under a c, it is NOT a c-cedilla, but instead refers to the sh sound which is represented by the modern symbol "ʃ".