Re: Survey of conlangs: numbers

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:51:41 -0500, Robert Jung <RobertMJung@...>
wrote:
> For those of you who have conlangs, I would appreciate it if you send me
> (RobertMJung@hotmail.com) your favourite conlang's/conlangs' numbers,
> from 0-10 (or higher if you deem it necessary). If your conlang is a
> posteriori, please specify the source language, and, if possible, the
> original word in the source language.
Numbers, numbers, it's always numbers!

Why arent people collecting interesting sets, like colors or pronouns or
body parts?

Numbers from 0 to 10 in the Kirumb family so far:

       Kirumb  >   Âdlanke   >  Atlantic
     1  ínos        ini          ine
         [i:"nUs]    ["ini]       ["inE]
     2  dóo         duo          duo
         [dU"wU]     ["du.O]      ["du.O]
     3  strí        stri         stre
         ["stri:]    ["stri]      ["strE]
     4  kitór       kethur       kethor
         [kI"tu:r]   ["kEt_hur]   ["kETOr]
     5  fiŋk        feŋkh        feŋx
         ["fINk]     ["fENk_h]    ["fENx]
     6  vist        vesth        vesth
         ["wIst]     ["wEst_h]    ["vEsT]
     7  hifta       heft         heft
         ["hIftA]    ["hEft]      ["Eft]
     8  ostó        âstu         âsto
         [Us"tu:]    ["@stu]      ["@stO]
     9  nava        nióa         nióa
         [nA"wA]     ["Jo.A]      ["Jo.A]
     10 jisat       jesath       jesath
         [dZI"sAt]   ["dZEsAt_h]  ["ZEsAT]

     0                           séro
                                  ["serO]

Notes:
   -  The zero-word is tentative.
   -  That's not an <os> > <i> change in the one-word; the descendent is
      from an inflected form.
   -  I'm not entirely sure about [sT] in the six-word.  It's good the way
      it is, but it's giving me the jibblies.
   -  The [n] > [J] in the nine-word is due to a dialect variation, as from
      an original *[JA"wA].
   -  now that I think about it, 'zero' would probably be borrowed from
      Drake instead, so disregard that <séro>.


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