Language name and location: Taznatit, Algeria, Morocco [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区塔兹纳提特语, 阿尔及利亚西南部杜古拉拉绿洲及摩洛哥境内  

 

1. iggən (masculine) /ikkət (feminine)

21. 

2. sənn (masculine) / sənt (feminine)

22. 

3. ʃadˁ (masculine) / ʃaˁədˁ (feminine)

23. 

4.

24. 

5. fusˁ (cryptic numerals) *

25. 

6.

26. 

7.

27. 

8. 

28. 

9.  

29.

10. sənn n ifassən 'two hands' *

30.

11.  

40. 

12.  

50. 

13.  

60. 

14.  

70. 

15.  

80. 

16.  

90. 

17.  

100. 

18. 

200. sənn n idˁudˁan 'two fingers' *

19.  

400. rˁəbʕa n idˁudˁan ‘four fingers’ *

20.  

1000. 

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Marijn van Putten, Center for Linguistics, Leiden University, the Netherlands, August 3, 2018. 

Extracted from: From: Souag, Lameen (2018) “Field data on Taznatit (mainly lexical)

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Marijn van Putten, 2018 年 8 月 3 日.

 

Other comments: Taznatit numerals '1 to 3 ' show two genders, namelyː masculine gender and feminine gender, they used Arabic numerals now. The numbers 5, 10, 200 and 400 are (cryptic numeral). Lameen Souag says: Note the use of cryptic numerals to make it more difficult for Arabic-speaking eavesdroppers to understand, as in other Saharan oases. Fractions are all borrowed from Arabic, as are all numerals above three.

Taznatit or Gurara (Gourara) is a Zenati Berber language spoken by approximately 5,000 speakers in the Gourara (Tigurarin) region, an archipelago of oases surrounding the town of Timimoun in southwestern Algeria.


 

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