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Language name and locationː Wakhi (Wakhan), Pakistan, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. ji(w) * |
21. bist-ət-ji(w) / wist-ət-ji(w) |
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2. bu(j) ** |
22. bist-ət-bu(j) / wist-ət-bu(j) |
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3. tru(j) *** |
23. bist-ət-tru(j) / wist-ət-tru(j) |
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4. t͡sɯbɯr |
24. bist-ət-t͡sɯbɯr/ wist-ət-t͡sɯbɯr |
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5. pand͡z |
25. bist-ət-pand͡z / wist-ət-pand͡z |
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6. ʃað |
26. bist-ət-ʃað / wist-ət-ʃað |
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7. (h)ɯb |
27. bist-ət-(h)ɯb /wist-ət-(h)ɯb |
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8. (ha)at |
28. bist-ət-(ha)at /wist-ət-(ha)at |
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9. naw |
29. bist-ət-naw / wist-ət-naw |
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10. ðas |
30. bist-ət-ðas / si |
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11. ðas-jiw |
40. bu-bist (2 x 20) / t͡ʃil |
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12. ðas-buj |
50. bu-bist-ət-ðas (2 x 20 + 10) / pind͡ʒo |
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13. ðas-truj |
60. tru-bist (3 x 20) / ʃað-da **** |
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14. ðas-t͡sɯbɯr |
70. tru-bist-ət-ðas / ((h)ɯb-da |
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15. ðas-pand͡z |
80. t͡sɯbɯr-bist (4 x 20) / (ha)at |
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16. ðas-ʃað |
90. t͡sɯbɯr-bist-ət-ðas / naw-da |
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17. ðas-(h)ɯb |
100. pand͡z-bist (5 x 20) / sad < Farsi |
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18. ðas-(h)at |
200. bu(j) sad |
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19. ðas naw |
1000. miŋ < Uyghur, azor < Persian |
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20. bist (old way) / wist (new way) |
2000. bu(j) miŋ < Uyghur , bu(j) azor |
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Linguist
providing data and dateː Prof.
Li Bing, Institute of
Linguistics, College of Foreign Languages and
Literature, Nankai University, Tianjin,
China, March 9, 2019. |
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Other comments: Wakhi Tajik has an old traditional vigesimal system and a modern decimal system which borrowed from Farsi. The old generation trends to use the traditional vigesimal system while the younger one trends to use the modern decimal system. All the numerals from one to twenty directly corresponded to the ancient Avesta ones. The suffix '-da' in 60, 70, 80, and 90 in modern decimal system might be a loanword from the Farsi language. The recorded big number for thousand 'miŋ' is a Uyghur loanword but people speaking Persian also used the Persian loanword 'azor'. The languages of Wakhi Tajik is one of the two Iranian languages used as mother tongue by the native Tajik people living in Xinjiang, China. The Wakhi language is spoken in China, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the Wakhan Corridor. There are seven dialects of the Wakhi language, the above one is taken from the dialect spoken in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in southwest Xinjiang (Uyghur Autonomous Region), China and it differs in phonetics, phonnolgy, morphology and lexicon from the Hunza Wakhi spoken in Pakistan. Note that there are two forms for numbers 1, 2, 3ː the noun forms are: < ji>, <bu > and <tru > while the adjective ones are : <jiw >, <buj > and <truj >. |
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Language name and locationː Wakhi (Wakhan), Pakistan, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
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1. ji(u) |
21. wist ə jiu |
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2. bu(i) |
22. wist ə bui |
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3. tru(i) |
23. wist ə trui |
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4. t͡sɯbɯr |
24. wist ə t͡sɯbɯr |
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5. pand͡z |
25. wist ə pand͡z |
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6. ʃað |
26. wist ə ʃað |
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7. ɯb /hɯb |
27. wist ə ɯb |
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8. at /hat |
28. wist ə at |
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9. nau |
29. wist ə nau |
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10. ðas |
30. wist ə ðas |
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11. ðas jiu |
40. bu wist (2 x 20) |
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12. ðas bui |
50. bu wist ə ðas (2 x 20+10) |
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13. ðas trui |
60. tru wist |
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14. ðas t͡sɯbɯr |
70. tru wist ə ðas |
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15. ðas pand͡z |
80. t͡sɯbɯr wist |
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16. ðas ʃað |
90. t͡sɯbɯr wist ə ðas |
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17. ðas ɯb |
100. pand͡z wist / sad |
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18. ðas at |
200. bu sad |
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19. ðas nau |
1000. azor / jiu hazar < Persian |
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20. wist |
2000. bu hazar |
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Linguist
providing data and dateː Prof. Beate
Reinhold, University of Hamburg / Institut für Allgemeine und
Typologische Sprachwissenschaft Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,
Germany, September 5, 2002. |
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Other comments: Wakhi has a vigesimal system. Wakhi or Vakhan, Wakhani is spoken by approximately 52,000 speakers in Wakhan district, Panj river area to Sarhad village; Khandud village is the center. 42 villages, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan as well as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan. |
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