Re: Montreiano Numbers (even more)
| From: | Elliott Lash <al260@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 30, 2000, 4:15 |
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Cardinals:
1. uno /uno/ 100. çènto /tsEnto/
2. dos /Dos/ 200. doçèntos /DotsEntos/
3. tres /tres/ 300. treçèntos /tretsEntos/
4. cuatro /kwatro/ 400. cuatroçèntos /kwatrotsEntos/
5. çiñque /tsiNke/ 500. quingèntos /kinZEntos/
6. seix /sejS/ 600. seçèntos /setsEntos/
7. sèt /sEt/ 700. sètçèntos /sEtsEntos/
8. oço /otso/ 800. oçoçèntos / otsotsEntos/
9. nòue /nOwe/ 900. nòueçèntos /nOwetsEntos/
10. dèç /DEts/ 1000 miu /miw/
11. ondèç /onDEts/ 2000. dos miu /Dos miw/
12. doèç /doEts/ 10,000. dèç mius /DEts miws/
13. treèç /treEts/ 100,000. çèntos mius /tsEntos miws/
14. cuatroèç /kwatroEts/ 1,000,000. millón /mil_jon/
15. quindèç /kinDEts/ 101. çèntoiuno /tsEntojuno/
Tho, I didn't have time to read the entire email ... I did notice that the
word dos is pronounced /Dos/ whereas the word doèç is pronounced /doEts/.
I'm wondering how this difference in initials arose. Is this just a typo, or
an actual sound difference?
Elliott