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Main article: Rertu

This page gives an extensive description of Rertu morphological features.

Numerals

The numeral system relies on a decimal base.

The first ten cardinal numbers are forms on their own:

digit	full form
1:	pɛ̄́m
2:	laz
3:	hū́d
4:	ɟā̀r
5:	šuʔ
6:	tū̀ŋ
7:	kī́r
8:	žḗr
9:	bɔp
10:	šū̀l

Numerals from 11 to 19 are built with the construction NUM + phḗʔo + na:

digit	full form
11:	šā́ʔophḗʔona
12:	ʔakiphḗʔona
13:	mikṓphḗʔona
14:	gṓwephḗʔona
15:	pā́gephḗʔona
16:	thū́waphḗʔona
17:	hašɑphḗʔona
18:	kuʔephḗʔona
19:	tsṓjuphḗʔona

The numerals for (one) hundred and (one) thousand are forms on their own:

digit	full form
100:	ñā́tu
1000:	wiʔā́

The numerals for the multiples of tens, hundreds and thousands are built with the construction NUM + re + phḗʔo/ñā́tu/wiʔā́:

	tens	hundreds	thousands
2x:	ʔakirephḗʔo	ʔakireñā́tu	ʔakirewiʔā́
3x:	mikṓrephḗʔo	mikṓreñā́tu	mikṓrewiʔā́
4x:	gṓwerephḗʔo	gṓwereñā́tu	gṓwerewiʔā́
5x:	pā́gerephḗʔo	pā́gereñā́tu	pā́gerewiʔā́
6x:	thū́warephḗʔo	thū́wareñā́tu	thū́warewiʔā́
7x:	hašɑrephḗʔo	hašɑreñā́tu	hašɑrewiʔā́
8x:	kuʔerephḗʔo	kuʔereñā́tu	kuʔerewiʔā́
9x:	tsṓjurephḗʔo	tsṓjureñā́tu	tsṓjurewiʔā́

Numbers above the multiples of thousands have no name and are specified by the lesser numerals.

Composite numbers are built by just putting them beside, without any conjunction, in descending order:

• 1985: wiʔā́ tsṓjureñā́tu kuʔerephḗʔo pā́ge

All cardinal numerals are meant as invariable forms.

Ordinal numerals are formed by adding the adjectival ending -ko to the cardinal numeral form:

digit	adjective form
1st:	šā́ʔoko
2nd:	ʔakiko
3rd:	mikṓko
4th:	gṓweko
5th:	pā́geko
6th:	thū́wako
7th:	hašɑko
8th:	kuʔeko
9th:	tsṓjuko
10th:	phḗʔoko

If the numeral form is composite, the ending is added only to the last numeral form:

• 25^th: ʔakirephḗʔo pā́geko