Lahob languages: Difference between revisions
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==Basic cognates== | ==Basic cognates== | ||
===Numbers 1-12=== | |||
All Lahob languages have a duodecimal numeral system. Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 (10<sub>12</sub>) in some of them. Note that there is no common word for "zero" (most of them use the word for "nothing"; Chlouvānem has the | All Lahob languages have a duodecimal numeral system. Here are the numbers from 1 to 12 (10<sub>12</sub>) in some of them. Note that there is no common word for "zero" (most of them use the word for "nothing"; Chlouvānem has the Lällshag borrowing ''ajrā''). The Proto-Lahob numerals for three and six are based on finger counting, being the word for "finger" and its dual form (some languages have innovated a newer word for finger with a later derivation, cf. Chl. ''pamuvis'', Yeł. Lawo ''kpim̃í''); Kenaywanic and Tłašnelek also have the root *den, "phalanx", for one – which is reflected in all languages' word for Ɛ, *wewʕe-den, or "one phalanx more [to twelve]".<br/>Some languages, notably Nayzehenyn ones, have three as a sub-base, and their word for twelve is "four fingers" or "four times three". | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan= | ! rowspan=2 | Proto-Lahob !! rowspan=2 | [[Chlouvānem]] !! colspan=3 | Central Lahobic !! colspan=2 | Nayzehenyn | ||
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! | ! Proto-Central-Lahobic !! Łohof-aðá !! Sulutamilian Minwan !! Proto-Nayzehenyn !! Yełeshian Lawo | ||
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! * | ! *jemibɨ <small>"one"</small> | ||
| | | emibe || ''*yempu'' || yew || empu || ''*imbo'' || im̃u | ||
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! *doni "two" | ! *doni <small>"two"</small> | ||
| dani || | | dani || ''*doni'' || doy || dun || ''*done'' || dun | ||
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! * | ! *pāmwəj <small>"three"</small> | ||
| pāmvi || | | pāmvi || ''*faŋi'' || feng || fen || ''*pɔŋ͡me'' || kpem̃ | ||
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! * | ! *nexɬə(te) <small>"four"</small> | ||
| nęlte || | | nęlte || ''*netłet'' || nełe || netłe || ''*neetɬo'' || nitłu | ||
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! *sjuŋko "five" | ! *sjuŋko <small>"five"</small> | ||
| šulka || | | šulka || ''*sunko'' || suk || sunku || ''*siŋka'' || sink | ||
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! * | ! *pāmujwā <small>"six"</small> | ||
| <small>''(tulūɂa)''</small> || | | <small>''(tulūɂa)''</small> || ''*famowá'' || fangwá || famwá || ''*pɔmewɔ́'' || kpengbé | ||
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! *cʰīko "seven" | ! *cʰīko <small>"seven"</small> | ||
| chīka || | | chīka || ''*siko'' || sik || siku || ''*ʃika'' || šika | ||
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! *tītijo "eight" | ! *tītijo <small>"eight"</small> | ||
| tītya || | | tītya || ''*tiso'' || tis || sisun || ''*titʃa'' || tiš | ||
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! *mawɟo "nine" | ! *mawɟo <small>"nine"</small> | ||
| moja || | | moja || ''*mōlo'' || moð || munu || ''*mɔdʒa'' || mož | ||
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! *tofaʕdo "ten" | ! *tofaʕdo <small>"ten"</small> | ||
| tålda || | | tålda || ''*tofad'' || tof || tofa || ''*tafoda'' || tor | ||
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! * | ! *wewʕe-den <small>"eleven"</small> | ||
| vælden || | | vælden || ''*wālen'' || waðen || wane || ''*yɔwdin'' || wedin | ||
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! *māmōwə "twelve" | ! *māmōwə ~ *nexɬəpāmwəj <small>"twelve"</small> | ||
| māmei || | | māmei || ''*mamō'' || maw || mamu || ''*neetɬɔŋ͡me'' || nitłem̃ | ||
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===Miscellaneous words=== | ===Miscellaneous words=== | ||