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Main article: Proto-Saːkdi

This page gives an extensive description of Proto-Saːkdi 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:
pɛːm
2:
laz
3:
ħuːd
4:
ɖajr
5:
ʂuʡ
6:
towŋ
7:
kiːr
8:
ʐeːr
9:
bɔp
10:
ʂujl

Numerals from 11 to 19 can be built:

  • With the numeral unit + the numeral ʂujl, NUM + ʂujl
digit
noun form
11:
pɛːmʂujl
11:
lazʂujl
  • With ʂujl + the postposition , over, + the numeral unit, ʂujl + + NUM:
digit
noun form
11:
ʂujlnɔpɛːm
11:
ʂujlnɔlaz

The numeral for (one) hundred is a form on its own:

digit
full form
100:
qijm

The numeral (one) thousand is morphologically derived from the form for (one) hundred:

digit
full form
1000:
ɴɔrqijm

The numerals for the multiples of tens, hundreds and thousands are built with the construction NUM + -arɕüw / -arčĩ / -arnɔčĩ. As these suffixes has often merged with the cardinal form, most forms are irregularly built:

tens
hundreds
thousands
2x:
lararɕüw lararčĩ lararnɔčĩ
3x:
čɔrɕüw čɔrčĩ čɔrnɔčĩ
4x:
ɟärɕüw ɟärčĩ ɟärnɔčĩ
5x:
ɕɔrɕüw ɕɔrčĩ ɕɔrnɔčĩ
6x:
dɑ̃rɕüw dɑ̃rčĩ dɑ̃rnɔčĩ
7x:
ɟɛrɕüw ɟɛrčĩ ɟɛrnɔčĩ
8x:
žörɕüw žörčĩ žörnɔčĩ
9x:
hɔbarɕüw hɔbarčĩ hɔbarnɔčĩ

Numerals for “million” and “billion” are loanwords from Iðâɣ language:

digit
full form
1,000,000:
šurentu (from I. šúrěntu )
1,000,000,000:
mešurentu (from I. mêšúrěntu )

These forms are treated as noun-like forms and can be used with other numerals:

digit
full form
3,000,000:
ču šurentu
6,000,000,000:
dü̃ mešurentu

They are however treated as normal numerals when used with nouns. Nouns adjoining such numerals are not introduced by any preposition:

lar šurentu hɛ
two millions people

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

  • 2985: lararnɔčĩ hɔbarčĩ žɛrɕüw ɕu

As for other parts of the language, all cardinal numerals are meant as invariable forms.

Ordinal numerals are formed by adding the suffix -da to the cardinal numeral form, with some irregularities:

digit
adjective form
1st:
bö̃da
2nd:
larda
3rd:
čuɟa
4th:
ɟäda
5th:
ɕuda
6th:
dü̃da
7th:
ɟida
8th:
žyda
9th:
hɔvda
10th:
ɕüwda
11th:
ɕüwnɔbö̃da
12th:
ɕüwnɔlarda
13th:
ɕüwnɔčuɟa
20th:
lararɕüwda
30th:
čɔrɕüwda
600th:
dɑ̃rčĩda
9000th:
hɔbarnɔčĩda

If the numeral form is composite, the suffix is added to every form:

  • 325th: čɔrčĩda lararɕüwda ɕuda