Language
name and locationː Siwi,
Siwa
oasis, Egypt[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. waʜəd ~ əd͡ʒːən, əd͡ʒːən, əd͡ʒːət * |
21. waʜəda wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
2. ətnain ~ sən, sən * |
22. ətnaina wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
3. ətlata ( < Arabic ) * |
23. ətlata wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
4. arˤbˤəʢa ( counting and qualifying ) |
24. arˤbˤəʢa wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
5. χamsa ( counting and qualifying ) |
25. χamsa wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
6. sətti ( counting and qualifying ) |
26. sətti wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
7. səbʢa ( counting and qualifying ) |
27. səbʢa wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
8. ətmanja ( counting and qualifying ) |
28. ətmanja wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
9. təsˤʢa ( counting and qualifying ) |
29. təsˤʢa wa ʢəʃrin ( c. and q. ) |
10. ʢaʃrˤa ( counting and qualifying ) |
30. ətatin ( counting, qualifying ) |
11. əʜdaʃərˤ (counting), əʜdaʃ (q.n.) |
40. arˤbˤəʢin ( counting, qualifying ) |
12. ətˤnaʃərˤ(c.), ətˤnaʃ (q.n.) |
50. χamsin ( counting, qualifying ) |
13. ətlətˤaʃərˤ(c.), ətlətˤaʃ (q.n.) |
60. səttin ( counting, qualifying ) |
14. arˤbəʢtˤaʃərˤ(c.), arˤbəʢtˤaʃ (q.n.) |
70. səbʢin ( counting, qualifying ) |
15. əχməstˤaʃərˤ(c.), əχməstˤaʃ (q.n.) |
80. ətmanjin ( counting, qualifying ) |
16. səttˤaʃərˤ(c.), səttˤaʃ (q.n.) |
90. təsˤʢin ( counting, qualifying ) |
17. əsbaʢtˤaʃərˤ(c.), əsbaʢtˤaʃ (q.n.) |
100. məjja ( counting, qualifying ) |
18. ətmantˤaʃərˤ(c.), ətmantˤaʃ (q.n.) |
200. məjjətain ( counting, qualifying ) |
19. ətsaʢtˤaʃərˤ(c.), ətsaʢtˤaʃ (q.n.) |
1000. alf ( counting, qualifying ) |
20. ʢəʃrin ( counting, q.n. ) |
2000. alfain ??? * not attested |
Linguist providing data and dateː
Dr.
Christfried Naumann, Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. June 26, 2009. |
Other comments: The Siwa or Siwi only retained two traditional Berber numerals: one (əd͡ʒːən, əd͡ʒːən, əd͡ʒːət ) and two (sən). Arabic numerals have been used. Please note that the following remarksː 1. For number one, waʜəd ~ əd͡ʒːən is used for counting; əd͡ʒːən for qualifying masculine nouns; əd͡ʒːət for qualifying feminine nouns. 2. For number two, ətnain ~ sən is used for counting; sən for qualifying nouns. 3. numbers three to ten are used both for counting and qualifying nouns. 4. numbers eleven to nineteen has two forms for counting and qualifying nouns. Siwi (also known as Siwan or Siwa Berber) is the easternmost Berber language, spoken in Egypt by an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people in the oases of Siwa and Gara, near the Libyan border. Siwi has been heavily influenced by Arabic, notably Egyptian and Bedouin, but also earlier stages of Arabic. Siwi is the only Berber language indigenous to Egypt and is natively spoken further east than any other Berber variety of North Africa. |
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