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West Makian Numbers

How they might/should work.

• Multiples of ten (10, 20, 30, ..., 90) appear to underlyingly be awoi + either the root numeral (edeng, fati, etc.) or the inanimate form (medeng, mafoy, etc.). Both are attested in the number twenty: awoideng and awoimedeng. Voorhoeve helpfully doesn't include anything past forty.
• The forms for ten are extremely varied. The most etymological ones appear to be awoinye and awoiwinye. The second could (heavy speculation) be from awoi + minye with consonant assimilation (m → w).

"Bahasa Jailolo"

Unattested. As described here, refers to the language as spoken during the 13th century (possibly the sultanate's peak), seeking to coincide with the proliferation of Muslim Malay traders (Muslim Javanese traders may have had more influence later, though pre-Islamic Javanese traders have likely been in the region earlier). May be equivalent to Pre-Proto Ternate-Tidore.

Probable features:

• Maintained final consonants and did not have an echo vowel.
• Notable Consonant Reflexes:
  • PNNH /*p₁/ : Jailolo /p/
  • PNNH /*ḋ/ : Jailolo /y/

This would explain a number of irregularities in the non TT languages that can't be ascribed directly to Ternate or Tidore influence. This would also explain certain old borrowings into South Halmahera languages.