Re: Sound changes causing divergence of ordinals from cardinals

>From: Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>
>(5) Final e is lost, and final e: is shortened.
(6) In glide-vowel-glide-vowel environments, the one closer to stress
dissimilates: /j w/ -> /Z G/ - unless the stress is on an initial schwa;
then the stress moves to the 2nd one, which then shifts instead.
/'H@/ from former /'u:/ produces /ZQ/.

Value Cardinal        Ordinal
1     j@'GQ           i'we
2     'nero           na'ru
3     'mjo:           mi'u
4     'to:            'to:
5     'kin            'kink
6     'jesu           ja'swe
7     'Sj@gu          Si'gwe
8     'dZuz2          Zo'zy
9     hj@'Za          hi'je
10    'neo            na'u
11    'hero           ha'ru
12    'utsu           ot'swe
13    nao'm'Ho:        naomy'u
20    naro'no:        naro'no:
21    naronQ'ZQwQ     naronQy'we
22    narono:'noro    narono:nQ'ru
30    mio'no:         mionu:
31    naro'no:ro    narono:'ru
32    naro'no:tsu     narono:'tswe
33    miono:'mjo:    miono:mi'u
100   'tSifu          Sepwe
1000 'wegor          wa'gurk
10000 Sun'tSyfu    tSuntS2'pwe

>We seem to have achieved complete irregularity of the ordinals by now, but
>they're still recognisable cognates of the cardinals. I do quite like the
>fact that two ordinals have become indistinguishable from their cardinals.
>
>Pete
Also, larger numbers seem to now feature a "compounding" stem of the number
rather than either basic form, with the ordinal or cardinal of the last
decimal finally added. These stems appear to be almost exactly as in the
beginning (eg. 58th: ken-nao-Zo'zy)

John Vertical