Language name and location: Maithili, Nepal and India [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区: 迈梯里语, 尼泊尔, 印度东北部比哈尔邦

 

1. ek [ek]

21.  ekais [ekəis]

2. dū [du]

22.  bāis [bais]

3. tīn [tin]

23.  tais [təis]

4. cāri [t͡ʃa:ri]

24.  caubis [t͡ʃəubis]

5. pā̃c [pãːt͡ʃ]

25.  paccīs [pət͡ʃːis]

6. cʰah [t͡ʃʰəː]

26.  chabbīs [t͡ʃʰəbːis]

7. sāt [saːt]

27.  satāis [sətaːis]

8. āṭh [aːʈʰ]

28.  aṭhṭhāis [əʈʰːaːis]

9. nau [nəu]

29.  untīs [untis] (30 - 1)

10. das [dəs]

30.  tīs [tis]

11. egārah [egaːrəː]

40.  cāḷīs [t͡ʃaːlis]

12. bārah [baːrəː]

50.  paccās [pət͡ʃːaːs]

13. terah [terəː]

60.  sāṭhi [saːʈʰi]

14. caudah [t͡ʃəudəː]

70.  sattari [sətːəri]

15. pandrah [pəndrəː]

80.  assī [əsːi]

16. solah [soləː] / sorah [sorəː]

90.  nabbe [nabːe]

17. satarah [sətrəː]

100. say [sæ]

18. aṭhārah [əʈʰaːrəː]

200. du say [du sæ]

19. unnais [unnəis] (20 - 1)

1000. hajār [həd͡ʒaːr]

20. bīs [bis]

2000. du hajār [dui həd͡ʒaːr]

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Yogendra P. Yadava, Tribhivan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, December 17, 1999.
供资料的语言学家: Prof. Yogendra P. Yadava, 1999 年 12 月 17 日.

 

Other comments: Maithili numeral system is similar to that of Hindi. Maithili is spoken by approxiamely 22,000,000 speakers in Bihar state: Muzaffarpur west, past Kosi east to west Purnia district, to Munger and Bhagalpur districts south, and Himalayan foothills north; Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai. Cultural, religious, and linguistic centers are Janakpur, Madhubani and Darbhanga. Many settled abroad, as well as Nepal.


 

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