Re: my all-verb language

Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Trebor writes:
> >...
> > chwe al kitabu ru tone yakoba savi
> >...
> > The numerals are as follows: wada 'one', dawa 'two', tuhi 'three',
> > apa 'four', lima 'five', ani 'six', kaja 'seven', pala 'eight',
> > siyam 'nine', tinza 'ten'
> >...
>
> The vocabulary seems a bit arabesque, right?
>
> I don't know much, but I noticed the following:
>
>   kitabu - kitab (from 'ktb')
>   wada   - wahid
>
And dangerously close to Indonesian--  2-- dua, 4-- empat, 5-- lima !! 6--
enem,  and _siyam_ or something very much like it is one of the
reconstructed PAN forms for 'nine'.  In fact, just comparing the numbers, we
might think that this language is also related to Kash............

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