Sarsi / Sarcee

Language name and location: Sarsi, Alberta province, Canada [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 萨尔西语 (Sarcee), 加拿大西部艾伯塔省卡尔加里区

1. tɬìkʼāzá	21. èkádēē tɬìkʼ é mītāā
2. èkíyē *	22. èkádēē tɬìkʼ ē mītāā
3. tá.kʼē	23. èkádēē tá.kʼ ē mītāā
4. díítšʼē	24. èkádēē díítšʼē mītāā
5. ɡúùtʼáá	25. èkádēē ɡúùtʼáá mītāā
6. ɡùstánē *	26. èkádēē ɡùstá mītāā
7. tšìšdíítšʼē	27. èkádēē tšìšdíítšʼe mītāā
8. tɬàšdíítšʼē ( 2 x 4 ) *	28. èkádēē tɬàšdíítšʼe mītāā
9. tɬìkʼúyāwá *	29. èkádēē tɬìkʼúyāwá mītāā
10. ɡūnèsnánē	30. tá.dēē ( < tá.kʼē + dēē )
11. tɬìkʼ é mītāā	40. díítšdēē ( < díítšʼē + dēē )
12. èká. mītāā	50. ɡúùtʼádēē ( < ɡúùtʼáá+ dēē )
13. tá.kʼē mītāā	60. ɡùstádēē ( <ɡùstánē + dēē )
14. díítšʼ ē mītāā	70. tšìšdíítšʼídēnē ( <tšìšdíítšʼe + dēnē )
15. ɡúùtʼáá mītāā	80. tɬàšdíítšʼēdēē ( <tɬàšdíítšʼē + dēē )
16. ɡùstá mītāā	90. tɬìkʼúyāwádēnē (<tɬìkʼúyāwá + dēnē)
17. tšìšdíítšʼe mītāā	100. ɡūnèsnádēē ( < ɡūnèsnánē+ dēē)
18. tɬàšdíítšʼe mītāā	200. èkádē ɡūnèsnádēē
19. tɬìkʼúyāwá mītāā	1000. tɬádé ɡūnèsnádá
20. èkádēē ( < èkíyē + dēē )	2000. èkádē ɡūnèsnádá ??

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Eung-Do Cook, Department of Linguistics, University of Calgary, Canada, 24 October, 1990

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Eung-Do Cook, 1990 年 10 月 24 日.

Other comments: Sarsi (Sarcee) or Tsuu T’ina, Tsúùtínà is a moribund language spoken by approximately 180 speakers in Alberta province: Calgary area, Canada.

Sarcee has a well-developed decimal system with special terms for 6, 8 and 9. It's evident that the numerals originated as a quinary system which has developed into a quinary-decimal system; the number 'eight' is combined with 'four' and 'two'; the number 'six' was analyzed by Sapir's note as 'extra one sticking out' and 'nine' as 'used up'.

Note that the data were in Phonetic transcription ( Americanist )ː

1. dl = IPA [dɮ], voiced lateral affricate.

2. tɬ = IPA [tɬ], voiceless lateral affricate.

3. dj = IPA [dʒ], voiced postalveolar affricate.

4. tč = IPA [tʃ], voiceless postalveolar affricate.

5. ts = IPA [ts], voiceless alveolar affricate.

6. tsʼ =IPA [tsʼ], voiceless ejective affricate

7. š = IPA [ʃ], voiceless velar fricative.

There are four vowels in Sarcee (i, a, o and u) and 'i' varies bwteen [i] and [e], the spelling 'e' is [i] phonemically. Tone marksː ā = median tone; á = high tone, à = low tone.

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