Waigali-Kalasha-ala

Language name and location: Waigali, Nuristan, Afghanistan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 维加里语, 阿富汗东北部努里斯坦省及库纳尔省

1. /ek/	21. /ʋiʃiẽ eke/
2. /du/	22. /ʋiʃiẽ du/
3. /tɾe/	23. /ʋiʃiẽ tɾe/
4. /tʃata/	24. /ʋiʃiẽ ʧata/
5. /putʃ/	25. /ʋiʃiẽ puʧ/
6. /ʂu/	26. /ʋiʃiẽ ʂu/
7. /sot/	27. /ʋiʃiẽ sot/
8. /oʂt/	28. /ʋiʃiẽ oʂt/
9. /nũ/	29. /ʋiʃiẽ nũ/
10. /doʃ/	30. /ʋiʃiẽ doʃe/
11. /jɑʃ/	40. /du ʋiʃi/
12. /bɑʃ/	50. /du ʋiʃiẽ doʃe/
13. /tɾũʃ/	60. /tɾe tʋiʃi/
14. /ʧadẽʃ/	70. / tɾe tʋiʃi doʃe /
15. /paʧẽʃ/	80. / ʧata ʋiʃi/
16. /ʂǝʃ/	90. / ʧata ʋiʃi doʃe/
17. /satɑʃ/	100. /puʧ ʋiʃi/ or /e saʋa/, 200. /du saʋa/
18. /eʂtɑʃ/	400. /ʧata saʋa /800. /oʃt saʋa/
19. /ẽʃi/	1000. /azɑɾ/*
20. /ʋiʃi/	2000. /du azɑɾ/

Linguist providing data and dateː Miss Verónica Carrera, SIL International, Dallas, USA, August 26, 2018.
提供资料的语言学家: Miss Verónica Carrera, 2018 年 8 月 26 日

Other comments: Waigali (Kalasha-ala) has a vigesimal system. *As can be seen the Kalaʂa-ala numeral system is a 20 base one. After twenty they count from twenty one /ʋiʃiẽ eke/ to twenty nineteen /ʋiʃiẽ ẽʃi/. They optionally, count from twenty one to twenty nineteen, simply using numbers from one /ek/ to nineteen /ẽʃi / and proceed to make two groups of twenty, which would be their fourty /du ʋiʃi/ which literally means two twenties. They start again from one to twenty nine and get their sixty /tɾe tʋiʃi/, etc. until they reach 100 which they call /puʧ ʋiʃi/ or /e saʋa/.

*1000. /azɑɾ/ its been introduce as a borrowed word from the dari /(h)azɑɾ/ since –it seems- the introduction of money in the area.

Note that Kalaʂa-ala or Waigali is a Nuristan language not confused with the Kalaʂa language in Chitral group.

Language name and location: Waigali, Nuristan, Afghanistan [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 维加里语, 阿富汗东北部努里斯坦省及库纳尔省

1. ew [ew]	21. wiše ew
2. dü [dʏ]	22. wiše dü
3. tre [trɛ]	23. wiše tre
4. čatā [t͡ʃataː]	24. wiše čatā
5. ponč [pont͡ʃ]	25. wiše ponč
6. ṣ̌u [ʂu]	26. wiše ṣ̌u
7. sot [sot]	27. wiše sot
8. oṣṭ [oʂʈ]	28. wiše oṣṭ
9. nu [nu]	29. wiše nu
10. doš [doʃ]	30. wiše doš (20+10)
11. yāš [jaːʃ]	40. dü-wiši (2 x 20 )
12. bāš [baːʃ]	50. dü-wiše-doši [(2 x 20 )+10]
13. trõš [trõʃ]	60. tre-wiši (3 x 20)
14. čadis [t͡ʃadis]	70. tre-wiše-doši [(3 x 20)+10]
15. pačiš [pat͡ʃiʃ]	80. čatā-wiši (4 x 20)
16. ṣẽš [ʂẽʃ]	90. čatā-wiše-doši [(4 x 20)+10]
17. satāš [sataːʃ]	100. ponč-wiši (5 x 20)
18. ṣṭaš [ʂʈaʃ]	200. doš-wiši (10 x 20)
19. ẽši [ẽʃi]	400. wiši-wiši (20 x 20)
20. wiši [wiʃi]	1000. azār [azaːr]

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Almuth Degener, University of Heidelberg, Germany, January 22, 1999.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Almuth Degener, 1999 年 1 月 20 日

Other comments: Waigali has a vigesimal numeral system, the big number thousand is loanword from Iranian language, the original meaning is 400. Waigali or Kalasha ala is spoken by approximately 28,000 speakers in Kunar province: north of Pech; Nuristan province: southeast; north Waigal valley: Waigal and nearby few villages, and east in Veligal valley villages; lower valley villages, Afghanistan.

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