Language name and location ː Kuvi, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 库维语, 印度

 

1. roɳɖi ( Dravidian )

21.  koɖe roɳɖi

2. riɳɖi ( Dravidian )

22.  koɖe riɳɖi

3. tiːnigoʈʈa

23.  koɖe tiːni

4. saːrigoʈʈa

24.  koɖe saːri

5. paːsogoʈʈa

25.  koɖe paːso

6. soːigoʈʈa

26.  koɖe soː

7. satogoʈʈa

27.  koɖe sato

8. aʈʰogoʈʈa

28.  koɖe aʈo

9. nogoʈʈa

29.  koɖe no

10. dasogoʈʈa

30.  koɖe daso ( 20 + 10 )

11. egaːra (goʈʈa)

40.  ri koɖe  ( 2 x 20 )

12. baːra (goʈʈa)

50.  ri koɖe daso  ( 2½  x 20 )

13. tera (goʈʈa)

60.  tiːni koɖe  ( 3 x 20 )

14. t͡ʃawt̪a (goʈʈa)

70.  tiːni koɖe daso ( 3 x 20+ 10 )

15. pandra  (goʈʈa)

80.  saːri koɖe ( 4 x 20 )

16. solaː (goʈʈa)

90.  saːri koɖe daso

17. sat̪raː  (goʈʈa)

100. paso koɖe  ( 5 x 20 )

18. aʈaːra   (goʈʈa)

200.  

19. unis (goʈʈa)

1000.  

20. salga, koːɖe < Oriya

2000.

 

Sourceː Reddy, Joy, 1979. Kuvi Grammar. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India

 

Other comments: Kuvi only remains two traditional numerals 1 to 2. Numerals from three to ten are expressed by using the Oriya numerals with the classifier -goʈʈa, numerals from eleven to twenty are expressed by using the Oriya numerals with or without the classifier -goʈʈa.  Twenty is salga, but they borrow Oriya word koːɖe to construct compound numerals from 21 to 29.


                            

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