How to count in Pazeh, a Northwest Formosan language spoken by a few people in Nantou County in central Taiwan.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ida, adang | mia’ida, mia‘adang |
| 2 | dusa | miadusa, dudusa |
| 3 | turu | miaturu |
| 4 | supat | miasupat, susupat |
| 5 | xaseb | miaxasep, xaxasep |
| 6 | xasebuza (5+1) | miaxasebuza |
| 7 | xasebidusa (5+2) | miaxasebidusa |
| 8 | xasebituru, xaseb a turu (5+3) | miaxasebituru |
| 9 | xasebisupat (5+4) | miaxasebisupat |
| 10 | isit | mia’isit |
| 11 | isid u adang, isit ida | |
| 12 | isid u dusa, isit dusa | |
| 13 | isid u turu, isit turu | |
| 14 | isid u supat, isit supat | |
| 15 | isid u xaseb, isit xasep | |
| 16 | isid u xasebuza, isit xasebuza | |
| 17 | isid u xasebidusa, isit xasebidusa | |
| 18 | isid u xasebituru, isit xasebituru | |
| 19 | isid u xasebisupat, isit xasebisupat | |
| 20 | dusa isit | |
| 21 | dusa isit ida | |
| 22 | dusa isit dusa | |
| 23 | dusa isit turu | |
| 24 | dusa isit supat | |
| 25 | dusa isit xaseb | |
| 26 | dusa isit xasebuza | |
| 27 | dusa isit xasebidusa | |
| 28 | dusa isit xasebituru | |
| 29 | dusa isit xasebisupat | |
| 30 | turu a isit | |
| 40 | supat a isit | |
| 50 | xaseb a isit | |
| 60 | xasebuza isit | |
| 70 | xasebidusa isit | |
| 80 | xasebituru isit | |
| 90 | xasebisupat isit | |
| 100 | adang hatel | |
| 200 | dusa hatel | |
| 300 | turu hatel | |
| 400 | supat hatel | |
| 500 | xaseb hatel | |
| 600 | xasebuza hatel | |
| 700 | xasebidusa hatel | |
| 800 | xasebituru hatel | |
| 900 | xasebisupat hatel | |
| 1,000 | sahal, sahan, adang sahan | |
| 2,000 | dusa sahal | |
| 3,000 | turu sahal | |
| 4,000 | supat sahal | |
| 5,000 | xaseb sahal | |
| 6,000 | xasebuza sahal | |
| 7,000 | xasebidusa sahal | |
| 8,000 | xasebituru sahal | |
| 9,000 | xasebituru sahal | |
| 10,000 | tutun | |
| once | matalat | |
| twice | matadusa | |
| thrice | mataturu | |
| four times | matasupat | |
| five times | mataxasep | |
| six times | mataxasebuza | |
| seven times | mataxasebidusa | |
| eight times | xasebituru | |
| nine times | xasebisupat | |
| ten times | mata’isit |
Source: PAZIH DICTIONARY 巴宰語詞典 by Paul Jen-kuei Li and Shigeru Tsuchida 李壬癸 土田滋 編著, LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS, Monograph Series No.2 《語言暨語言學》專刊甲種之二, Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office) Academia Sinica Taipei 2001, 中央研究院 語言學研究所籌備處
Information about Pazeh numerals
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Pazeh.htm
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Pazeh | Numbers
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