Language name and locationː Nopala Chatino, Mexico [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 查蒂诺语 (Nopala 变体)墨西哥

 

1. ska

21.  kla ndukwa ska

2. tu̥kwa

22.  kla ndukwa tu̥kwa

3. sna̜

23.  kla ndukwa sna̜

4. hḁkwa

24.  kla ndukwa hḁkwa

5. kaʔyu

25.  kla ngaʔyu

6. skwa

26.  kla ndukwa skwa

7. kḁti

27.  kla ndukwa kḁti

8. snu̜ʔ

28.  kla ndukwa snu̜ʔ

9. kaˑ

29.  kla ndukwa kaˑ

10. tiˑ

30.  kla tyiˑ

11. tixka

40.  tu̥wa  ( 2 x 20 )

12. tičkwa

50.  tuʔwa tyiˑ

13. tixna̜

60.  sna̜ yla ( 3 x 20 )

14. tiłkwa

70.  sna̜ yla nčuʔ tiˑ

15. ʔtñu̜

80.  hḁkwa yla ( 4 x 20 )

16. ʔtñu̜ ska     ( 15 + 1 )

90.  hakwa yla nčuʔ tiˑ  

17. ʔtñu̜ čkwa  ( 15 + 2 )

100. ska syento  ('syento' < Spanish )

18. ʔtñu̜ šna̜    ( 15 + 3 )

200. tu̥kwa syento

19. ʔtñu̜ łkwa  ( 15 + 4 )

1000. ska miˑ ('miˑ' < Spanish )

20. kla

2000. tu̥kwa miˑ

 

Linguists providing data and dateː Mr. David Nellis, SIL International, Mexico,

October 14, 2011.

提供资的语言学家 Mr. David Nellis, 2011 年 10 月 14 日.

 

Other comments: Nopala has a vigesimal system similar to that of Tataltepec Chatino. The words from 16 to 19 are formed by adding the numbers 1 through 4 to a new base 15. There are Spanish loanword for hundred and thousand.

Notes for phonological transcriptions between traditional symbols and IPAː

a̜ = IPA [ã], u̜ = IPA [ũ], ʼ = IPA [ʔ], č = IPA [tʃ], š = IPA [ʃ]. 'ˑ' symbol express long vowels.

The u̥ and ḁ as in numbers 2, 4 and 8 are are voiceless vowels. In Chatino they seem

to appear between voiceless consonants. Number 2 is pronounced tu̥kwa. Number 4 is hḁkwa, also voiceless vowel between two voiceless consonants. The way we write these words in Chatino is tucua and jacua, following the Spanish alphabet as the Chatinos have chosen.

The way we write 9 and 10 in Chatino is caa and tii.

Number 15 is pronounced 'tñų written in Chatino as 'tñun. It begins with a glottal stop and then a t followed by a palatal n, called eñe in the Spanish language, followed by a nasalized u. The Chatinos have chosen to write nasalized vowels followed by the letter n, possible because all words end in a vowel or glottal stop.

As far as the number 70 it literally says, three twenties plus ten, and 90 is 4 twenties plus 10. The word before last is has an affricate symbolized with the letter c (sometimes written with a slash through it), this is written in Chatino as two letters together ts, hence we write ntsu'hui.  The other affricate in Chatino is expressed by a <č>, this is written as ch as in the number 12 tichcua (ten with another two).

 

I will write the numbers as we write them. 

1-10: sca, tucua, snan, jacua, ca'yu, scua, cati, snun', caa, tii

11-15 tixca, tichcua, tixnan, tilcua, 'tñun,

16-20 'tñun xca,  'tñun chcua, 'tñun xnan, 'tñun lcua, cla

21-22  cla nducua sca, cla nducua tucua

25 cla nga'yu

30 cla tyii (twenty with another ten)

40 tucua yla (two twenties)

50 tu'hua tyii

60 snan yla (three twenties)

70 snan yla ntsu'hui tii (60 plus 10)

80 jacua yla (four twenties)

90 jacua yla ntsu'hui tii (80 plus 10)

100 sca ciento (Spanish word adopted)

500 ca'yu ciento

1000 sca mii (from Spanish word mil)

 


                            

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