Amri Karbi

Language name and location: Amri Karbi, Assam, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 安里-卡尔比语 (米基尔语), 印度阿萨姆邦

1. īsī	21. ìnkɔīɾā ìsì
2. hīnī	22. ìnkɔīɾā hìnì
3. kētʰɔ̄m	23. ìnkɔīɾā kētʰɔ̄m
4. pʰlì	24. ìnkɔīɾā pʰlì
5. pʰɔ̃̀	25. ìnkɔīɾā pʰɔ̃̀
6. tʰɹɔ̀k	26. ìnkɔīɾā tʰɹɔ̀k
7. tʰɾɔ̄ksī (litː '6 + 1')	27. ìnkɔīɾā tʰɾɔ̄ksī
8. nīɾkèp (litː '2 less 10')	28. ìnkɔīɾā nīɾkèp
9. sīɾkèp (litː '1 less 10')	29. ìnkɔīɾā sīɾkèp
10. kèp ( bound form)	30. tʰɔ̄mkèp
11. kɾē ìsì	40. pʰlīkèp
12. kɾē hìnì	50. pʰɔ̃̄kèp
13. kɾē kētʰɔ̄m	60. tʰrókkèp
14. kɾē pʰlì	70. tʰɾɔ̄ksīkèp
15. kɾē pʰɔ̃̀	80. nīɾkèpkèp
16. kɾē tʰɹɔ̀k	90. sīɾkèpkèp
17. kɾē tʰɾɔ̄ksī	100. pʰāɾɔ̄ ìsì, 200. pʰāɾɔ̄ hìnì
18. kɾē nīɾkèp	400. pʰāɾɔ̄ hiní, 800. pʰāɾɔ̄
19. kɾē sīɾkèp	1000. sʊ̄ɾī ìsì
20. ìnkɔì	2000. sʊ̄ɾī hìnì

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Monali Longmailai, Assistant Professor, Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University, India, with native speaker Mr. Sarthe Teron Milik, July 30, 2019.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Monali Longmailai and Mr. Sarthe Teron Milik, 2019 年 7 月 30 日.

Other comments: Amri variety of Karbi follows decimal counting system. There is no numeral classifier. One of the exceptional features in the numerals is the hexanary counting for ‘7’, i.e. tʰɹɔ̀k-sɪ̀ ‘six and one’. Besides the additive counting, Amri Karbi, according to the informant Sarthe Teron Milik, uses subtraction for 8 and 9 as in nɪ̄ɾkèp ‘2 less of 10’ and sɪ̄ɾkèp ‘1 less of 10’. kèp is used for counting 30’s to 90’s while kɾē for 11 to 19 and ɪ̄nkɔɪ̄ɾā for 21 to 29. For bigger numerals, pʰāɾɔ̄ is used for counting in 100’s and sʊ̄ɾɪ̄ for 1000’s. Beyond sʊ̄ɾɪ̄, they use loan words ‘lakh’ from Indo-Aryan languages. The numerals mostly carry low tone. Amri Karbi is spoken by approxiamtely

130,000 speakers in some villages in Kamrup district and south of Brahmaputra river, Assam state as well as Ri-Bhoi district in Meghalaya state, India.

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