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Re: Survey of conlangs: numbers

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Thursday, November 27, 2003, 19:38
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>. *Muke! -- http://frath.net/ http://kohath.livejournal.com/ E jer savne zarjé mas ne (You put music in my heart Se imné koone'f metha And with the spirit of an artist Brissve mé kolé adâ. I will make the dreamtime)

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