Language name and location: Taznatit, Algeria, Morocco [Refer to Ethnologue]
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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) 提供资料的语言学家: 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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