Amis

Language name and locationː Amis, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿美语 (Northern dialect), 台湾东部台东及花莲一带

1. t͡sat͡saj	21. tusa a puluʡ ira ku t͡sat͡saj
2. tusa	22. tusa a puluʡ ira ku tusa
3. tulu	23. tusa a puluʡ ira ku tulu
4. səpat	24. tusa a puluʡ ira ku səpat
5. lima	25. tusa a puluʡ ira ku lima
6. ənəm	26. tusa a puluʡ ira ku ənəm
7. pitu	27. tusa a puluʡ ira ku pitu
8. falu	28. tusa a puluʡ ira ku falu
9. siwa	29. tusa a puluʡ ira ku siwa
10. puluʡ / mutəkəp *	30. tulu a puluʡ
11. sabaw tu t͡sat͡saj **	40. səpat a puluʡ
12. sabaw tu tusa ***	50. lima a puluʡ
13. sabaw tu tulu	60. ənəm a puluʡ
14. sabaw tu səpat	70. pitu a puluʡ
15. sabaw tu lima	80. falu a puluʡ
16. sabaw tu ənəm	90. siwa a puluʡ
17. sabaw tu pitu	100. t͡sat͡saj a patəkənan
18. sabaw tu falu	200. tusa a patəkənan
19. sabaw tu siwa	1000. t͡sat͡saj maləbut
20. tusa a puluʡ ***	2000. tusa a maləbut

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Jing-lan Joy Wu, Department of English,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 9, 2013.
Referenceː Tsuchida, Shigeru. 1988. Amis. In Takashi Kamei, Rokuro Kono, and Eiichi Chino (eds), The Sanseido Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1: Languages of the World, Part One, 447-449. Tokyo: Sanseido Press.
提供资料的语言学家: 吴静兰教授, 2013 年 12 月 9 日

Other comments: Amis has a decimal system, the above data are taken from Northern dialect of Amis. Amis is spoken by about 100,000 speakers (Ethnic population: 214,000) in valley plains and east coast in Hualien and Taitung counties, Taiwan.

The data are converted to IPA symbols based on the speakers’ transcription/orthography. Notice that in Amis, the glottal stop before and after vowels are optionally transcribed, and vowels /u/ and /o/ are used as free variations and the the symbol [ʡ] is an epiglottal plosive.

(1) According to Tsuchida (1988), there are five major dialects in Amis: Sakizaya (or
     Sakiraya), Northern (or Nanshi Amis), Tavalong-Vataan, Central, (Haian Amis and
     Hsiukulan Amis excluding Tavalong-Vataan) and Southern (Peinan Amis and
     Hengchun Amis). Sakizaya has been politically recognized as an independent
    language by the government of Taiwan, and hence, its data will not be listed in the
     table. Notice that Tsuchida’s classification is slightly different from the dialects
     officially recognized by the Taiwanese government, which are Northern, Central
     (including Tavalong-Vataan Amis and Hsiukulan Amis in Tsuchida’ classification),
    Haian, Malan (or Falangaw, roughly corresponding to Peinan Amis in Tsuchida’s
     classification), and Hengchun. The examples from Vataan are collected from Hui-
     Mei Lin, a native speaker of this dialect. The rest of the examples are cited from the
     1000-word Vocabulary List published by the Council of Indigenous Peoples:
     1229CD7C. However, I have made some corrections after double checking with the
     native speakers. The List published on-line still needs further proof-reading and
     revision.

(2) Puluʡ/puloʡ/poloʡ or is used as “10” in serial counting, while mukətəp/muɁtəp
      /moɁətəp mukətəp/muɁtəp/moɁətəp moətəp also means “10” but is used in a non-
      serial counting contexts (i.e. as a modifier or a predicate). The speaker of Vataan
      only provides me muɁtəp here. I am not sure if it can be used in serial counting in
      this dialect.

(3) Sabaw or safaw roughly means the “the decimal digit”. tu is the oblique case

(4) ''a'' in 20 and other tens is a a linker. It shows up between a modifier and a noun.

Language name and locationː Amis, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿美语 (Vataan dialect), 台湾东部台东及花莲一带

1. t͡sət͡saj	21. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku t͡sət͡saj
2. tusaʔ	22. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku tusaʔ
3. tuluʔ	23. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku tuluʔ
4. səpat	24. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku səpat
5. limaʔ	25. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku limaʔ
6. ənəm	26. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku ənəm
7. pituʔ	27. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku pituʔ
8. faluʔ	28. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku faluʔ
9. siwaʔ	29. tusaʔ-puloʡ ira ku siwaʔ
10. muʡtəp	30. tuluʔ-puloʡ
11. safaw-t͡sət͡saj	40. səpat-puloʡ
12. safaw-tusaʔ	50. limaʔ-puloʡ
13. safaw-tuluʔ	60. ənəm-puloʡ
14. safaw-səpat	70. pituʔ-puloʡ
15. safaw-limaʔ	80. faluʔ-puloʡ
16. safaw-ənəm	90. siwaʔ-puloʡ
17. safaw-pituʔ	100. t͡sət͡saj-liʡan
18. safaw-faluʔ	200. tusaʔ-liʡan
19. safaw-siwaʔ	1000. t͡sət͡saj-patəkən
20. tusaʔ-puloʡ	2000. tusaʔ-patəkən

Other comments: Amis has a decimal system. The above data are taken from Vataan dialect of Amis language.
Note the the symbol [ʡ] is an epiglottal plosive.

Language name and locationː Amis, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿美语 (Central dialect), 台湾东部台东及花莲一带

1. t͡sət͡saj	21. tosa-poloʡ ira ko t͡sət͡saj
2. tosa	22. tosa-poloʡ ira ko tosa
3. tolo	23. tosa-poloʡ ira ko tolo
4. səpat	24. tosa-poloʡ ira ko səpat
5. lima	25. tosa-poloʡ ira ko lima
6. ʔənəm	26. tosa-poloʡ ira ko ʔənəm
7. pito	27. tosa-poloʡ ira ko pito
8. falo	28. tosa-poloʡ ira ko falo
9. siwa	29. tosa-poloʡ ira ko siwa
10. poloʡ / moʡətəp	30. tolo-poloʡ
11. safaw-t͡sət͡saj	40. səpat-poloʡ
12. safaw-tosa	50. lima-poloʡ
13. safaw-tolo	60. ʔənəm-poloʡ
14. safaw-səpat	70. pito-poloʡ
15. safaw-lima	80. falo-poloʡ
16. safaw-ʔənəm	90. siwa-poloʡ
17. safaw-pito	100. t͡sət͡saj-liʡan / t͡sət͡saj-noliʡ *
18. safaw-falo	200. tosa-liʡan
19. safaw-siwa	1000. t͡sət͡saj-patək
20. tosa-poloʡ	2000. tosa-patək

Other comments: Amis has a decimal system. The above data are taken from Central dialect of Amis language. The “Central” dialect here refers to one recognized by the Taiwanese government; hence, it might includes data from both Tavalong-Vattan and Hsiukulan dialects. Note that there are two forms for ''hundred'; The first one is used in the Vataan-Tavalong dialect; the second one is used in the Hsiukulan dialect. Note the the symbol [ʡ] is an epiglottal plosive.

Language name and locationː Amis, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿美语 (Malan /Farangaw dialect), 台湾东部台东及花莲一带

1. t͡sət͡saj	21. tosa a poloʡ ira ko t͡sət͡saj
2. tosa	22. tosa a poloʡ ira ko tosa
3. tolo	23. tosa a poloʡ ira ko tolo
4. səpat	24. tosa a poloʡ ira ko səpat
5. lima	25. tosa a poloʡ ira ko lima
6. ənəm	26. tosa a poloʡ ira ko ənəm
7. pito	27. tosa a poloʡ ira ko pito
8. falo	28. tosa a poloʡ ira ko falo
9. siwa	29. tosa a poloʡ ira ko siwa
10. moʔətəp	30. tolo a poloʡ
11. moʔətəp ira ko t͡sət͡saj *	40. səpat a poloʡ
12. moʔətəp ira ko tosa	50. lima a poloʡ
13. moʔətəp ira ko tolo	60. ənəm a poloʡ
14. moʔətəp ira ko səpat	70. pito a poloʡ
15. moʔətəp ira ko lima	80. falo a poloʡ
16. moʔətəp ira ko ənəm	90. siwa a poloʡ
17. moʔətəp ira ko pito	100. t͡sət͡saj a soʡot
18. moʔətəp ira ko falo	200. tosa a soʡot
19. moʔətəp ira ko siwa	1000. t͡sət͡saj ləfot
20. tosa a poloʡ	2000. tosa ləfot

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Jing-lan Joy Wu, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 9, 2013.
Referenceː Tsuchida, Shigeru. 1988. Amis. In Takashi Kamei, Rokuro Kono, and Eiichi Chino (eds), The Sanseido Encyclopedia of Linguistics Vol. 1: Languages of the World, Part One, 447-449. Tokyo: Sanseido Press.
提供资料的语言学家: 吴静兰教授, 2013 年 12 月 9 日

Other comments: Amis has a decimal system. The above data are taken from Malan /Farangaw dialect of Amis. Amis has a typical decimal system found in most Western Austronesian languages. Note the the ira is compound numerals is an existential verb and the symbol [ʡ] is an epiglottal plosive.

Language name and locationː Amis, Hualien, Taitung, Taiwan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 阿美语 (Farangaw dialect), 台湾东部台东及花莲一带

1. cacay	21. tusa puɭuħ cacay
2. tusa	22. tusa puɭuħ tusa
3. tuɭu	23. tusa puɭuħ tuɭu
4. səpat	24. tusa puɭuħ səpat
5. ɭima	25. tusa puɭuħ ɭima
6. ʔənəm	26. tusa puɭuħ ʔənəm
7. pitu	27. tusa puɭuħ pitu
8. faɭu	28. tusa puɭuħ faɭu
9. siwa	29. tusa puɭuħ siwa
10. muʔtəp	30. tuɭu puɭuħ
11. puɭuħ cacay	40. səpat puɭuħ
12. puɭuħ tusa	50. ɭima puɭuħ
13. puɭuħ tuɭu	60. ʔənəm puɭuħ
14. puɭuħ səpat	70. pitu puɭuħ
15. puɭuħ ɭima	80. faɭu puɭuħ
16. puɭuħ ʔənəm	90. siwa puɭuħ
17. puɭuħ pitu	100. cacay liħan
18. puɭuħ faɭu	200. tusa liħan
19. puɭuħ siwa	1000. ləfut / patəkan
20. tusa puɭuħ	2000. tusa patəkan

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Paul Jen-kuei Li, Institute of Linguistics,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, March 21, 1993
提供资料的语言学家: 李壬癸教授, 1993 年 3 月 21 日

Other comments: Amis has a decimal system found in most Western Austronesian languages.

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