Information about counting in Yi, a Loloish language spoken in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | cyp (ꋍ) [t͡sʰɯ˨˩] |
| 2 | nyip (ꑍ) [n̠ʲi˨˩] |
| 3 | suo (ꌕ) [sɔ˧] |
| 4 | ly (ꇖ) [lɯ˧] |
| 5 | nge (ꉬ) [ŋɯ˧] |
| 6 | fut (ꃘ) [fu˥] |
| 7 | shyp (ꏃ [ʂɯ˨˩]) |
| 8 | hxit (ꉆ) [hi˥] |
| 9 | ggu (ꈞ) [gu˧] |
| 10 | ci (ꊰ) [t͡sʰi˧] |
| 11 | cix zy (ꊯꊪ) [t͡sʰi˧t͡sʰɯ˨˩] |
| 12 | ci nyix [t͡sʰi˧n̠ʲi] (ꊰꑋ) |
| 13 | ci suo (ꊰꌕ) |
| 14 | ci ly (ꊰꇖ) |
| 15 | ci nge (ꊰꉬ) |
| 16 | ci fut (ꊰꃘ) |
| 17 | ci shy (ꊰꏂ) |
| 18 | ci hxit (ꊰꉆ) |
| 19 | cix ggu (ꊯꈞ) |
| 20 | nyip zi (ꑍꊏ) |
| 21 | nyip ci cyx (ꑍꊰꋋ) |
| 22 | nyip ci nyix (ꑍꊰꑋ) |
| 23 | nyip ci suo (ꑍꊰꌕ) |
| 24 | nyip ci ly (ꑍꊰꇖ) |
| 25 | nyip ci nge (ꑍꊰꉬ) |
| 26 | nyip ci fut (ꑍꊰꃘ) |
| 27 | nyip ci shyp (ꑍꊰꏃ) |
| 28 | nyip ci hxit (ꑍꊰꉆ) |
| 29 | nyip ci ggu (ꑍꊰꈞ) |
| 30 | suo ci (ꌕꊰ) |
| 31 | suo ci cyx (ꌕꊰꋋ) |
| 32 | suo ci nyix (ꌕꊰꑋ) |
| 40 | ly ci (ꇖꊰ) |
| 41 | ly ci cyx (ꇖꊰꋋ) |
| 42 | ly ci nyix (ꇖꊰꑋ) |
| 50 | nge ci (ꉬꊰ) |
| 51 | nge ci cyx (ꉬꊰꋋ) |
| 52 | nnge ci nyix (ꉬꊰꑋ) |
| 60 | fut ci (ꃘꊰ) |
| 61 | fut ci cyx (ꃘꊰꋋ) |
| 62 | fut ci nyix (ꃘꊰꑋ) |
| 70 | shyp ci (ꏃꊰ) |
| 71 | shyp ci cyx (ꏃꊰꋋ) |
| 72 | shyp ci nyix (ꏃꊰꑋ) |
| 80 | hxit ci (ꉆꊰ) |
| 81 | hxit ci cyx (ꉆꊰꋋ) |
| 82 | hxit ci nyix (ꉆꊰꑋ) |
| 90 | ggu ci (ꈞꊰ) |
| 91 | ggu ci cyx (ꈞꊰꋋ) |
| 92 | ggu ci nyix (ꈞꊰꑋ) |
| 100 | cyp hxa (ꋍꉐ) |
| 101 | cyp hxa nip cyp (ꋍꉐꆀꋍ) |
| 111 | cyp hxa cix zy (ꋍꉐꊯꊪ) |
| 200 | nyip hxa (ꑍꉐ) |
| 202 | nyip hxa nip nyip (ꑍꉐꆀꑍ) |
| 222 | nyip hxa nyip ci nyip (ꑍꉐꑍꊰꑍ) |
| 300 | suo hxa (ꌕꉐ) |
| 303 | suo hxa nip suo (ꌕꉐꆀꌕ) |
| 333 | suo hxa suo ci suo (ꌕꉐꌕꊰꌕ) |
| 400 | ly hxa (ꇖꉐ) |
| 404 | ly hxa nip ly (ꇖꉐꆀꇖ) |
| 444 | ly hxa ly ci ly (ꇖꉐꇖꊰꇖ) |
| 500 | nge hxa (ꉬꉐ) |
| 505 | nge hxa nip nge (ꉬꉐꆀꉬ) |
| 555 | nge hxa nge ci nge (ꉬꉐꉬꊰꉬ) |
| 600 | fut hxa (ꃘꉐ) |
| 606 | fut hxa nip fut (ꃘꉐꆀꃘ) |
| 666 | fut hxa fut ci fut (ꃘꉐꃘꊰꃘ) |
| 700 | shyp hxa (ꏃꉐ) |
| 707 | shyp hxa nip shyp (ꏃꉐꆀꏃ) |
| 777 | shyp hxa shyp ci shyp (ꏃꉐꏃꊰꏃ) |
| 800 | hxit hxa (ꉆꉐ) |
| 808 | hxit hxa nip hxit (ꉆꉐꆀꉆ) |
| 888 | hxit hxa hxit ci hxit (ꉆꉐꉆꊰꉆ) |
| 900 | ggu hxa (ꈞꉐ) |
| 909 | ggu hxa nip ggu (ꈞꉐꆀꈞ) |
| 999 | ggu hxa ggu ci ggu (ꈞꉐꈞꊰꈞ) |
| 1,000 | cyp dur (ꋍꄙ) |
| 1,001 | cyp dur nip cyp (ꋍꄙꆀꋍ) |
| 1,010 | cyp dur nip ci (ꋍꄙꆀꊰ) |
| 1,100 | cyp dur cyp hxa (ꋍꄙꋍꉐ) |
| 2,000 | nyip dur (ꑍꄙ) |
| 3,000 | suo dur (ꌕꄙ) |
| 4,000 | ly dur (ꇖꄙ) |
| 5,000 | nge dur (ꉬꄙ) |
| 6,000 | fut dur (ꃘꄙ) |
| 7,000 | shyp dur (ꏃꄙ) |
| 8,000 | hxit dur (ꉆꄙ) |
| 9,000 | ggu dur (ꈞꄙ) |
| 10,000 | cyp vat (ꋍꃪ) |
| 10,001 | cyp vat nip cyp (ꋍꃪꆀꋍ) |
| 11,000 | cyp vat cyp dur (ꋍꃪꋍꄙ) |
| 12,000 | cyp vat nyip dur (ꋍꃪꑍꄙ) |
| 13,000 | cyp vat suo dur (ꋍꃪꌕꄙ) |
| 14,000 | cyp vat ly dur (ꋍꃪꇖꄙ) |
| 15,000 | cyp vat nge dur (ꋍꃪꉬꄙ) |
| 16,000 | cyp vat fut dur (ꋍꃪꃘꄙ) |
| 17,000 | cyp vat shyp dur (ꋍꃪꏃꄙ) |
| 18,000 | cyp vat hxit dur (ꋍꃪꉆꄙ) |
| 19,000 | cyp vat ggu dur (ꋍꃪꈞꄙ) |
| 20,000 | nyip vat (ꑍꃪ) |
| 30,000 | suo vat (ꌕꃪ) |
| 40,000 | ly vat (ꇖꃪ) |
| 50,000 | nge vat (ꉬꃪ) |
| 60,000 | fut vat (ꃘꃪ) |
| 70,000 | shyp vat (ꏃꃪ) |
| 80,000 | hxit vat (ꉆꃪ) |
| 90,000 | ggu vat (ꈞꃪ) |
| 100,000 | ci vat (ꊰꃪ) |
| 1,000,000 | cip hxa vat (ꊱꉐꃪ) |
| 10,000,000 | cyp dur vat (ꋍꄙꃪ) |
| 100,000,000 | cyp sur (ꋍꌣ) |
| 200,000,000 | nyip sur (ꑍꌣ) |
| 1,000,000,000 | ci sur (ꊰꌣ) |
Sources: Matthias Gerner. A Grammar of Nuosu. Berlin - 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuosu_language
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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