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Onge is an Ongan language spoken in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by less than 100 people. It is critically endangered and purely oral. It has only numerals for numbers from 1 to 3.
Here are the numbers from one to three, as well as the word for "many", translated to Onge:
| Number | IPA |
|---|---|
| 1 | /i-uaija/, /i-woja/ |
| 2 | /ninaga/, /i-naga/, /naja/ |
| 3 | /i-reɟida/ |
| Many | /kutu/, /waŋe/, /ilake/ |
Source: "A Long Lost Sister of Proto-Austronesian? Proto-Ongan, Mother of Jarawa and Onge of the Andaman Islands" by Juliette Blevins
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