Massimiliano B wrote:And now the numbers (from here, lesson 2):
nḱʷuʔ = one
ʔesél = two
čeʔɫés = three
mus = four
cil = five
t̓aq̓n =six
sisp̓l̓ = seven
heʔén̓m = eight
x̣n̓ut = nine (the dot should be under x)
ʔupn = ten
ʔupn eɫ n̓k̓ʷuʔ = (ten + one) eleven
etc.
ʔeslʔúpn = (two times ten) twenty
ʔeslʔúpn éɫ nk̓ʷuʔ = twenty-one
etc.
čeɫlʔúpn = thirty
m̓sɫʔupn = forty
clčɫʔupn = fifty
tq̓nčɫʔupn = sixty
ssp̓l̓č̓ɫʔupn = seventy
heʔn̓mɫʔupn = eighty
x̣x̣n̓tɫʔupn = ninety
nk̓ʷoʔqéy = one hundred
Massimiliano B wrote:I greet you with this tangle of sounds:
kʷ sk̓ʷnšspentč? = how old are you? (spentč means "year")
Struthiomimus wrote:Massimiliano B wrote:
I greet you with this tangle of sounds:
kʷ sk̓ʷnšspentč? = how old are you? (spentč means "year")
hahaha I see you've scared yourself again!
księżycowy wrote:We may be only half way through this 'contest,' but I think we have a winner!*
Massimiliano B wrote:And now the magic: by putting together the short forms I obtain (may I say "obtain" here?) a different sentence:
księżycowy wrote:We may be only half way through this 'contest,' but I think we have a winner!*
*No, not really. At least not yet.
Massimiliano B wrote:Shocking-amazing word of the day:
sčč̓melpstšn = thighs
księżycowy wrote:Massimiliano B wrote:Shocking-amazing word of the day:
sčč̓melpstšn = thighs
Holy crap!
This language is reminding me more and more of Georgian*! Damn, now I want to learn Lushootseed AND Georgian.
*Cause of the crazy phonology and consonant clusters.
Massimiliano B wrote:I think that M.Salish and Kalispel have more complicated consonant clusters than Georgian and maybe even than Lushootseed.
księżycowy wrote:Massimiliano B wrote:Shocking-amazing word of the day:
sčč̓melpstšn = thighs
Holy crap!
This language is reminding me more and more of Georgian*! Damn, now I want to learn Lushootseed AND Georgian.
*Cause of the crazy phonology and consonant clusters.
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