Language
name and location: Kumzari, Oman, Iran, UAE
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. list: jik [jɪk] / normal: ˈtaːʔeː |
21. ˈjikbiːs [ˈjɪkbiːs] / biːs u ˈjikta [biːs ʊ ˈjɪkta] |
2. doː / ˈdəta |
22. ˈdəbiːs / biːs u ˈdəta [biːs ʊ ˈdəta] |
3. soː / ˈsəta |
23. ˈsəbiːs / biːs u ˈsəta [biːs ʊ ˈsəta] |
4. t͡ʃaːr [t͡ʃaːɹ] / ˈt͡ʃaːrta [t͡ʃaːɹta] |
24. ˈt͡ʃaːrbiːs [ˈt͡ʃaːɹbiːs] / biːs u ˈt͡ʃaːrta |
5. pand͡ʒ [pɐnd͡ʒ]/ˈpand͡ʒta [ˈpɐ̃ːʒta] |
25. ˈpand͡ʒbiːs [ˈpɐnd͡ʒbiːs] / biːs u ˈpand͡ʒta |
6. ʃaʃ [ʃəʃ] / ˈʃaʃta [ˈʃəʃta] |
26. ˈʃaʃbiːs [ʃəʃbiːs] / biːs u ˈʃaʃta [biːs ʊ ˈʃəʃta] |
7. ʔaft / ˈʔafta |
27. ˈʔaftbiːs / biːs u ˈʔafta [biːs ʊ ˈʔafta] |
8. ʔaʃt / ˈʔaʃta |
28. ˈʔaʃtbiːs / biːs u ˈʔaʃta [biːs ʊ ˈʔaʃta] |
9. naʔ / ˈnaʔta |
29. ˈnaːbiːs / biːs u ˈnaʔta [biːs ʊ ˈnaʔta] |
10. daʔ / ˈdaʔta |
30. ˈsiː / ˈsiːta |
11. ˈjaːzˠda / ˈjaːzˠdata |
40. ˈt͡ʃɪl / ˈt͡ʃɪlta |
12. ˈdwazda / ˈdwazˠdata |
50. murr [mʊr] / ˈpand͡ʒata [ˈpɐnd͡ʒata] |
13. ˈseːzˠda / ˈseːzˠdata |
60. Ø / ˈʃasˠtˠa |
14. ˈt͡ʃaːrda [ˈt͡ʃaːɹda] / ˈt͡ʃaːrdata |
70. Ø / ˈʔaftata |
15. ˈpaːndˠa / ˈpaːndˠata |
80. Ø / ˈʔaʃtata |
16. ˈʃaːndˠa / ˈʃaːndˠata |
90. Ø / ˈnoːwata |
17. ˈʔafda / ˈʔafdata |
100. Ø / sˠatˠtˠa [sˠatˠːa ] |
18. ˈʔajda / ˈʔajdata |
200. Ø / dweːsta |
19. ˈnoːzˠda / ˈnoːzˠdata |
1000. Ø / ˈʔaːzˠarta [ˈʔaːzˠɐɹta] |
20. biːs / ˈbiːsta |
2000. Ø / doː ˈʔaːzˠarta [doː ˈʔaːzˠɐɹta] |
Linguist
providing data and dateː Dr. Erik John Anonby,
Department of Linguistics, Leiden University, Netherlands,
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Other comments: Kumzari is the only Iranian language spoken approximately 5,000 speakers in the Arabian Peninsula. The majority of vocabulary, as well as the grammatical and syntactic structure of the language, is Iranian, although a large number of Arabic words exist in the everyday speech. Note on the above table numbers in [phonetic representation] when it differs from the phonological representation. Numbers from one to forty-nine can be counted in a list; numbers 50 and above cannot (and therefore appear with the symbol Ø on the left of the boxes in the list above); they are always found with the suffix –ta. The form ‘murr’ for the number 50 looks like a noun for the number rather than a normal number (like the English word ‘dozen’). Some extra numbers whose forms could not be predicted (51'Ø / pand͡ʒa u ˈjikta [pɐnd͡ʒa ʊ ˈjɪkta]', 61 'Ø / ʃas u ˈjikta [ʃas ʊ ˈjɪkta], 71'Ø / ʔaftad u ˈjikta [ʔaftad ʊ ˈjɪkta] ', 81'Ø / ʔaʃtad u ˈjikta [ʔaʃtad ʊ ˈjɪkta]', 91'Ø / noːwad u ˈjikta [noːwad ʊ ˈjɪkta]', 101'Ø / sˠad u ˈjikta [sˠad ʊ ˈjɪkta]', 201 'dweːs u ˈjikta [dweːs ʊ ˈjɪkta]', 1001 'Ø / ʔaːzˠar u ˈjikta [ʔaːzˠaɹ ʊ ˈjɪkta]' and 2001'Ø / doː ʔaːzˠar u ˈjikta [doː ʔaːzˠaɹ ʊ ˈjɪkta]'. There are further irregular numbers as follows: 300 (it varies between speakers): ˈseːsˠatˠtˠa / ˈsəsˠatˠtˠa / ˈsˠəsˠatˠtˠa 400: ˈt͡ʃaːsˠatˠtˠa, 500: ˈpansˠatˠtˠa, 600: ˈʃaʔsˠatˠtˠa, 700: ˈʔafsˠatˠtˠa, 800: ˈʔajsˠatˠtˠa 900: ˈnaʔsˠatˠtˠa and Other special numbers: 100 000 (noun form/name): lik [lɪk]/ likkeː [lɪkkeː] cf. 100 000 (normal -ta form): sˠadˠ ˈʔaːzˠarta [sˠadˠ ˈʔaːzˠaɹta]. |
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