Language name and locationː Sirenik Yupik, Siberia, Russia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 西列尼克-尤皮克语, 俄罗斯联邦远东地区楚科奇半岛西列尼克村

1. atəʀɘcəχ

2. malʀux

3. piŋəjux

4. sitəmij

5. tasiməŋij 

6. iŋləx

7. malʀuɣnəŋ iŋləkəlʀəχ

8. piŋəjuɣnəŋ iŋləkəlʀəχ

9. sitəmənəŋ iŋləkəlʀəχ

10. tasixta

11. unɣamu *

12. unɣamu malʀux

13. unɣamu piŋəjux

14. unɣamu sitəmij

15. itχəm iŋləx

16. itχəm iŋləx atəʀɘcəχ siɣnəkəlku  

17. itχəm iŋləx malʀux siɣnəkəlku 

18. itχəm iŋləx piŋəjux siɣnəkəlku

19. itχəm iŋləx sitəmij siɣnəkəlku

20. juɣənaχ

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Michael Fortescue, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 1, 2019.

Reference source: Menovščikov, G. A. 1964. Jazyk sirenikskix eskimosov. Moskva: Nauka.

语言名称和分布地区: Prof. Michael Fortescue, 2019 年 1 月 1 日.

Other comments: The cardinal numbers of Sirenikski (Sirenik Yupik) are common Eskimo in their system (finger and toe counting, which it reflects particularly well), but with some differences in form. Thus ‘six’ is iŋləx, literally ‘the other side’ (CSY has aRvilqaXtaq), ‘ten’ is tasixta, based on PE taɬiR ‘arm’  (CSY has qula, PE qulə(t)) – as also tasiməŋij ‘five’, referring to the five fingers (CSY taɬimat).

[1] ‘Eleven’ is unɣamu, literally ‘to down there’, similarly up to ‘fifteen’, which is itXəm iŋɬəx literally ‘foot’s opposite side’ (CSY has akimiɣaq). ‘Twenty’ is juɣənaX, literally ‘just a human being’, as in CSY. And the form for ‘11’ should be unɣamu, alone (Menovshchikov p. 59) – it is literally ‘to down there’.

Sirenik Yupik was formerly spoken in Chukotka autonomous district, Chukot peninsula, Sireniki village, the last speaker died in 1997 (Dorais 2010).

Note that: [1] tasixta may contain a unique remnant of the dual number if the affix is -ta(X) ‘pertaining to’, so ‘pertaining to two hands’.