Sean of the Dead wrote:I think you should post a couple lessons to begin with, I'd like to get to know more about it. Because Bryon and I need an Austronesian language to learn in the future.
ILuvEire wrote:Riptide, ay, slow down, slow down! You're switching languages like the wind! Give 'em some time!
[Although I can't argue with your choices, you've got great taste. Austronesian ftw. <3]
Riptide wrote:Well, even though there hasn't been any expressed interest in this, I thought I'd continue by adding the numbers system because I'm still interested in the language.
Riptide wrote:The Malagasy Numbers
0 - aotra
1 - iray
2 - roa
3 - telo
4 - efatra
5 - dimy
6 - enina
7 - fito
8 - valo
9 - sivy
10 - folo
Draven wrote:Riptide wrote:The Malagasy Numbers
0 - aotra
1 - iray
2 - roa
3 - telo
4 - efatra
5 - dimy
6 - enina
7 - fito
8 - valo
9 - sivy
10 - folo
I remember seeing somewhere, maybe Wikipedia, that the orthography is not what it seems. The <a> at the end is silent if it comes after a consonant, so that gives us aotr', efatr' and enin'. Same thing happens to <o>: telo is /tɛlʷ/, fito is /fitʷ/ etc.
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