Language name and locationː Kadazan Dusun, Sabah, Malaysia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 卡达桑-杜松语 (中部-杜松语), 马来西亚沙巴洲北部

 

1. iso(ʔ)

21.  duo no hopod om iso(ʔ)

2. duo

22.  duo no hopod om duo

3. tolu

23.  duo no hopod om tolu

4. apat

24.  duo no hopod om apat

5. limo

25.  duo no hopod om limo

6. onom

26.  duo no hopod om onom

7. turu(ʔ)

27.  duo no hopod om turu(ʔ)

8. walu(ʔ)

28.  duo no hopod om walu(ʔ)

9. siam

29.  duo no hopod om siam

10. hopod

30.  tolu no hopod

11. hopod om isoʔ

40.  apat no hopod

12. hopod om duo

50.  limo no hopod

13. hopod om tolu

60.  onom no hopod

14. hopod om apat

70.  turu(ʔ) no hopod 

15. hopod om limo

80.  walu(ʔ) no hopod  

16. hopod om onom

90.  siam no hopod

17. hopod om turu(ʔ)

100. hatus

18. hopod om walu(ʔ)

200. duo na hatus

19. hopod om siam

1000. soribu ~ sorioŋ  

20. duo no hopod

2000. duo no ribu ~ duo no sorioŋ   

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Shelly Harrison, University of Western Australia, Australia, June 23, 2014.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Shelly Harrison, 2014 年 6 月 24 日.

 

Other comments: Central Dusun or Kadazan Dusun has a decimal system similar to that of Kimaragang. The data was supplied by Ms. Veronica Atin, who was a student at UWA for a period overlapping with my retirement. Some notes on these data:
1. The status of final glottal stops in Dusun languages is problematic. Some investigators (like Paul Kroeger, in his work on Kimaragang) believe them to be phonemic, but I am far from convinced that this is the case. When Ms. Atin first gave me data on the numerals, she did so in written form. She had final glottal stops–which she rendered as apostrophe–in exactly those numerals in which they appear in the Kadazan-Dusun dictionary (as reflected in your Coastal Kadazan data). Ms Atin did tend to be influenced by that dictionary when she was uncertain. In general, she was inconsistent in transcribing final glottal stops, as I was in hearing them. A UWA honours student, whose honours dissertation used Dusun data from a field methods class held after I'd retired, had a similar problem to mine with glottal stop, and didn't use it in her renderings of Central Dusun numerals. Even Paul Kroeger, who regards glottal stop as phonemic in the related Dusun language Kimaragang, talks about it as optional in some environments.  So suit yourself regarding whether to put it in or leave it out in the above data.
2. The form soribu 'one thousand' is a bit of a problem. It is a reflex of PMP *Ribu 'thousand', and could be a native Dusun form. It could also be a borrowing from Malay seribu. (Malay borrowing are common in Dusun languages, since Malay is replacing Dusun in many functions. Given the close genetic relationship between Malay and Dusun languages, borrowings are not always obvious.) There is another
Central Dusun root rioŋ 'thousand' that popped up once in my data, but doesn't seem to be the usual form for 'thousand'.
The prefix so- 'one' is also etymologically ambiguous: maybe Dusun and maybe Malay.
It alternates with a prefix soŋ- 'one', which is the more frequent in my data. Both are occasionally found with the same root e.g. soikar ~ songikar 'an acre'.


Language name and locationː Coastal Kadazan, Sabah, Malaysia [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区海边卡达桑语, 马来西亚沙巴洲东北部沿海地区

 

1. isoʔ

21.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om isoʔ

2. ɗuvo

22.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om ɗuvo

3. tohu

23.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om tohu

4. apat

24.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om apat

5. himo

25.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om himo

6. onom

26.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om onom

7. tu:ʔ

27.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om tuːʔ

8. vahuʔ

28.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om vahuʔ

9. sizam

29.  ɗuvo ŋoːpod om sizam

10. opod

30.  tohu ŋoːpod

11. opod om isoʔ

40.  apat ŋoːpod

12. opod om ɗuvo

50.  himo ŋoːpod

13. opod om tohu

60.  onom ŋoːpod

14. opod om apat

70.  tuːʔ ŋoːpod  

15. opod om himo

80.  vahuʔ ŋoːpod

16. opod om onom

90.  sizam ŋoːpod

17. opod om tuːʔ

100. atus

18. opod om vahuʔ

200. ɗuvo ŋaːtus 

19. opod om sizam

1000. soiɓu  

20. ɗuvo ŋoːpod 

2000. ɗuvo ŋoiɓu

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Rita Lasimbang through Dr. Mark Miller. SIL International, Malaysia, September 10, 2013.
供资料的语言学家: Ms. Rita Lasimbang , 2013 年 9 月 10 日

 

Other comments: Coastal Kadazan or Kadazan Dusun has decimal system. Central Dusun, is one of the more widespread languages spoken by over 300, 000 speakers of the Dusun (including Kadazan) peoples of Sabah, Malaysia.


 

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