Editing Gilbertese language (section)

=== Numerals ===
Gilbertese uses [[classifier (linguistics)|classifiers]] for counting with numerals like Asian languages (Chinese, Vietnamese, etc.). These classifiers are suffixes to the numerals: {{Lang|gil|-ua}} (general, for objects), {{Lang|gil|-man}} (animate beings), {{Lang|gil|-kai}} (plants, land, fish hooks), {{Lang|gil|-ai}} (fish, elongated objects), {{Lang|gil|-waa}} (transportation), {{Lang|gil|-baa}} (leaves, flat objects) among many others. It is a decimal system with {{Lang|gil|-bwi}} as a "10-counting" suffix. Zero ("{{Lang|gil|akea}}") is just the word for 'nothing'.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kiribati (Gilbertese): Grammar Handbook |last=Trussel |first=Stephen |publisher=Vermont Peace Corps Language Handbook Series |year=1979 |location=The Experiment Press |pages=103–109 |chapter=Lesson 16 |chapter-url=https://www.trussel.com/kir/lessons/gramlesson16.pdf}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!
!Root
!With -ua classifier
|-
|0
|{{lang|gil|akea|italic=no}}
| -
|-
|1
|{{lang|gil|te|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|teuana|italic=no}}
|-
|2
|{{lang|gil|uo/ua|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|uoua|italic=no}}
|-
|3
|{{lang|gil|ten(i)|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|tenua|italic=no}}<ref>The script teniua is also usual.</ref>
|-
|4
|{{lang|gil|a|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|aua|italic=no}}
|-
|5
|{{lang|gil|nima|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|nimaua|italic=no}}
|-
|6
|{{lang|gil|ono|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|onoua|italic=no}}
|-
|7
|{{lang|gil|it(i)|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|itiua|italic=no}}
|-
|8
|{{lang|gil|wan(i)|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|waniua|italic=no}}
|-
|9
|{{lang|gil|ruai|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|ruaiua|italic=no}}
|-
|10
|{{lang|gil|te|italic=no}}
|{{lang|gil|tebwina|italic=no}}
|}