Language name and locationː Dongxiang, Gansu province, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区东乡语, 甘肃省临夏回族自治州东乡族自治县和新疆伊犁

 

1. niə

21.  ə˞ʂɯji

2. ɢua

22.  ə˞ʂɯə˞

3. ɢuran

23.  ə˞ʂɯsan

4. dʑiəron

24.  ə˞ʂɯsɯ

5. tawun

25.  ə˞ʂɯwu

6. dʐɯɣon

26.  ə˞ʂɯliu

7. dolon

27.  ə˞ʂɯtɕi

8. naiman

28.  ə˞ʂɯba

9. iəsun

29.  ə˞ʂɯdʑiu

10. haron

30.  sanəʂɯ

11. ʂɯji < 11 up from Chinese

40.  sɯʂɯ

12. ʂɯə˞

50.  uʂɯ

13. ʂɯsan

60.  liuʂɯ

14. ʂɯsɯ

70.  tɕiʂɯ

15. ʂɯwu

80.  baʂɯ

16. ʂɯliu

90.  dʑiuʂɯ

17. ʂɯtɕi

100. bə < Chinese

18. ʂɯba

200. ə˞bə

19. ʂɯdʑiu

1000. tɕian < Chinese

20. ə˞ʂɯ / qoran

2000. ə˞tɕian < Chinese

 

Sourceː Liu Zhaoyou, ed, 1986. A Grammatical Sketch of Dongxiang language. Beijing
资料来源ː 《东乡语概况 》, 刘照友编, 1986 年

 

Other comments: Dongxiang has a decimal system. Dongxiang borrows Chinese numerals after ten. Dongxiang or Santa is a Mongolic language spoken by about 200,000 people mainly in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu province, and in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Santa is also known as Dongxiang in Chinese. The Dongxiang people call themselves Sarta (撒尔塔).


 

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