Language name and locationː Yakan, Basilan island, Philippines [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区: 雅坎语, 菲律宾西南部苏禄群岛最北部巴西兰岛 

 

1. issaʔ / dɛmbuaʔ

21.  duɛmpukdɛmbuaʔ

2. duɛ

22.  duɛmpukduɛ

3. tɛllu

23.  duɛmpuktɛllu

4. ampat

24.  duɛmpukampat

5. limɛ

25.  duɛmpuklimɛ

6. ɛnnɛm

26.  duɛmpukɛnnɛm

7. pituʔ

27.  duɛmpukpituʔ

8. waluʔ

28.  duɛmpukwaluʔ

9. siam

29.  duɛmpuksiam

10. sɛmpuːʔ

30.  tɛllumpuːʔ

11. sɛmpukdɛmbuaʔ

40.  ampatpuːʔ

12. sɛmpukduɛ

50.  limɛmpuːʔ  

13. sɛmpuktɛllu

60.  ɛnnɛmpuːʔ

14. sɛmpukampat

70.  pitumpuːʔ

15. sɛmpuklimɛ

80.  walumpuːʔ

16. sɛmpukɛnnɛm

90.  siampuːʔ

17. sɛmpukpituʔ

100. da hatus

18. sɛmpukwaluʔ

200. duɛ hatus

19. sɛmpuksiam

1000. dɛ ŋibu

20. duɛmpuːʔ

2000. duɛ ŋibu    

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Ms. Dietlinde Behrens, SIL International, Philippines, September 8, 1994, October 5, 2009.

供资料的语言学家: Ms. Dietlinde Behrens, 1994 年 9 月 8, 2009 年 10 月 5 日.

 

Other comments: Yakan has a decimal system, but the numbers eleven to nineteen, twenty one to twenty nine etc. should be different. There are morphophonemic changes. I assume that they are results of assimilation and that the numbers are thought of as "sɛmpuːʔ duk (and) dɛmbuaʔ" The contracted form becomes "sɛmpukdembua'" the long 'u' is shortened and instead of the glottal there is a 'k'. The same holds true for all digits like 11 - 19, 21 - 29 etc. Yakan is primarily spoken on Basilan Island in the Philippines. It is the native language of the Yakan people, the indigenous as well as the largest ethnic group on the island. It has a total of 110,000 native speakers. 


 

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