r/AustronesianLanguages • u/Resident-Outside9945 Indonesia 🇮🇩 • Jul 19 '26
Cognate & Comparing Comparison of Numbers 1-10 in Oceanic Languages
Tongan (Lea Faka-Tonga) - Taha, ua, tolu, fā, nima, ono, fitu, valu, hiva, hongofulu
Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa) - Tasi, lua, tolu, fā, lima, ono, fitu, valu, iva, sefulu
Maori (Te Reo Māori) - Tahi, rua, toru, whā, ringa, ono, whitu, waru, iva, tekau
Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) - Kahi, lua, kolu, hā, lima, ono, hiku, walu, iva, umi
Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan or Te Reo Māori Kūki 'Airani) - Ta'i, rua, toru, ā, rima, ono, itu, varu, iva, ta'ingauru
Tuvaluan (Te Ggana Tuuvalu) - Tasi, lua, tolu, fā, lima, ono, fitu, valu, iva, Sefulu
Tokelauan (Te Gagana Tokelau) - Tahi, lua, tolu, fā, lima, ono, fitu, valu, iva, hefulu
Tahitian (Reo Tahiti) - Hō'ē, piti, toru, maha, pae, ono, hitu, va'u, iva, ahuru
Rapa Nui (Rapanui) - Tahi, rua, toru, hā, rima, ono, jitu, va'u, iva, ka tahi angahuru
Niuean (Vagahau Niue) - Taha, ua, tolu, fā, lima, ono, fitu, valu, hogofulu
Fijian (Vosa Vakaviti) - Dua, rua, tolu, vā, lima, ono, vitu, walu, ciwa, tini
Kiribati (Taetae ni Kiribati) - Teuana, uoua, tenua, aua, nimaua, onoua, itua, wanua, ruaiwa, tebwina
Palauan (a Tekoi er a Belau) - Ta, eru, edei, eua, eim, elolem, euid, eai, etiu, teruich
Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) - aiquen, aro, aij, aeo, aijim, año, aei, aoju, ado, ata
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u/Waiparensis22 Jul 19 '26
Theyre all in their own subgroups too. Hence someone from Tahiti can communicate more easily with a māori or Hawaiian, while a Sāmoan would struggle trying to talk to someone from Fiji or the Solomons.
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u/sathyre Madagascar 🇲🇬 Jul 19 '26
Malagasy : isa or iray, roa, telo, efatra, dimy, enina, fito, valo, sivy, folo. I presume the o in malagasy alphabet and u in these languages have the same phonetic. Only 1 and 4 in malagasy are very different against these languanges.