Re : Nattiki

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 26/05/99 20:54:48  , Brian avez =E9crit :

> Matt a =E9crit: "The only numbers I remember are:=20
>  ed      "one"
>  zee     "two"
>  fuu     "three"
>  .
>  pup     "six"
>  .
>  gao     "nine"
>  sup     "ten"
> =20
>  This is reminiscent of North Asian Chinese and Chinese-derived systems.
>  Cantonese yat (/yet/), Mandarin yi < yit 1
>  Mandarin jiu, Cantonese kaw 9
>  Korean sip /Sip/ 10 =3D Mandarin shi /shr/
>  . all derived from older Chinese forms now lost except through
>  reconstructions. I think that the form 3 fuu is also familiar to me, but
>  from which system I cannot say. Something in Southeast China, I think.
> =20
>  Is this sheer chance, or not?
According to Mr. Ruhlen, it cannot be so. It is our duty to urgently report=20
that Chinese connection to linguistic authorities.

Mathias