Language
name and location:
Sinte Romani, Germany, Balkans [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. jek |
21. bisch-jek |
2. duj |
22. bisch-duj |
3. trin |
23. bisch-trin |
4. schtar |
24. bisch-schtar |
5. pantsch |
25. bisch-pantsch |
6. schop /schow |
26. bisch-schop |
7. efta < Greek |
27. bisch-efta |
8. ochto < Greek |
28. bisch-ochto |
9. enja < Greek |
29. bisch-enja |
10. desch |
30. bisch te desch |
11. desch-jek |
40. duj bisch ( 2 x 20) |
12. desch-duj |
50. pasch schel ( half hundred) |
13. desch-trin |
60. trin bisch ( 3 x 20) |
14. desch-schtar |
70. trin bisch te desch [( 3 x 20)+10) |
15. desch-pantsch |
80. schtar bisch ( 4 x 20) |
16. desch-schop |
90. schtar bisch te desch [( 4 x 20)+10) |
17. desch-efta |
100. schel |
18. desch-ochto |
200. duj schel |
19. desch-enja |
1000. tausento < German / desch schel |
20. bisch |
2000. duj tausenti |
Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Donald Kenrick,
Vice-President of the Gypsy
Council,U.K.,
February |
Other comments: Sinte or Sinti Romani numeral system is constructed with some Indo-Aryan originals mixed with borrowings from Greek (7, 8, 9) and German (1000). Sinte or Sinti Romani or Romanes is spoken by approximately 200,000 speakers in Hamburg and Niedersachsen states, Germany as well as Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland and Serbia. |
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