Information about counting in Shilha (Tašəlḥiyt / ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ), a Northern Berber language spoken in southwestern Morocco and northwestern Algeria.
Key to abbreviations: m = masculine, f = feminine, Ar = Arabic (number borrowed from Arabic)
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | yan, ⵢⴰⵏ, يان (m) yat, ⵢⴰⵜ, يات (f) (waḥd) واحد (Ar) |
amzwaru (m) tamzwarut (f) |
| 2 | sin, ⵙⵉⵏ, سين (m) snat, ⵙⵏⴰⵜ, سنات (f) (juj) جوج (Ar) |
wissin (m) tisnat (f) |
| 3 | kraḍ, ⴽⵔⴰⴹ, كراض (m) kraṭ, ⴽⵔⴰⵟ, كراط (f) (tlata) تلاتة (Ar) |
wiskraḍ (m) tiskraṭ (f) |
| 4 | kuz, ⴽⵓⵣ (m) kust, ⴽⵓⵙⵜ (f) (rbɛa) ربعة (Ar) |
wisrbɛa (m) tisrbɛa (f) |
| 5 | smmus, ⵙⵎⵎⵓⵙ (m) smmust, ⵙⵎⵎⵓⵙⵜ (f) (xmsa) خمسة (Ar) |
wisxmsa (m) tisxmsa (f) |
| 6 | sdis, ⵙⴷⵉⵙ (m) sdist, ⵙⴷⵉⵙⵜ (f) (stta) ستة (Ar) |
wisstta (m) tisstta (f) |
| 7 | sa, ⵙⴰ (m) sat, ⵙⴰⵜ (f) (sbɛa) سبعة (Ar) |
wissbɛa (m) tissbɛa (f) |
| 8 | tam, ⵜⴰⵎ (m) tamt, ⵜⴰⵎⵜ (f) (tmyna) تمنية (Ar) |
wistmnya (m) tistmnya (f) |
| 9 | tza, ⵜⵣⴰ (m) tzat, ⵜⵣⴰⵜ (f) (tsɛud) ثسعود (Ar) |
wistsɛud (m) tistsɛud (f) |
| 10 | mraw, ⵎⴰⵡ (m) mrawt, ⵎⴰⵡⵜ (f) (ɛšra) عشرة (Ar) |
wisɛšra (m) tisɛšra (f) |
| 11 | yan d mraw | |
| 12 | sin d mraw | |
| 13 | kraḍ d mraw | |
| 14 | kuz d mraw | |
| 15 | smmus d mraw | |
| 16 | sdis d mraw | |
| 17 | sa d mraw | |
| 18 | tam d mraw | |
| 19 | tza d mraw | |
| 20 | ɛšrin | |
| 21 | ɛšrin d yan | |
| 22 | ɛšrin d sin | |
| 23 | ɛšrin d kraḍ | |
| 24 | ɛšrin d kuz | |
| 25 | ɛšrin d smmus | |
| 26 | ɛšrin d sdis | |
| 27 | ɛšrin d sa | |
| 28 | ɛšrin d tam | |
| 29 | ɛšrin d tza | |
| 30 | ɛšrin d mraw | |
| 40 | sin ida ɛšrin | |
| 50 | sin ida ɛšrin d mraw | |
| 60 | kraḍ ida ɛšrin | |
| 70 | kraḍ ida ɛšrin d mraw | |
| 80 | kuz ida ɛšrin | |
| 90 | kuz ida ɛšrin d mraw | |
| 100 | miya, ميّة | |
| 1,000 | alf, ألف | |
| 1 million | mlyun, ملاين | |
| 1 billion | mlyar, ملاير |
Information compiled by Marat Stepanyan
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Details of numbers in Shilha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilha_language#Numerals
https://www.sfu.ca/~alderete/datasets/aldereteEtal2015_tashlhiytGrammarSynopsis.pdf
http://friendsofmorocco.org/Docs/Tashlheet/tashlheettextbook2011.pdf
Information about Shilha | Numbers
Shilha, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamazight
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