Language
name and location:
Maithili, Nepal and India
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
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 |
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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