Chapter 6. Numerals

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6.1. Collective numerals

Numerals are nominals and can occur as nominal heads or as modifiers of nominal heads. The numerals that have been attested are shown in the following table:

Table 6.1.  Numerals

1bri ~ beru
2vri ~ verai
3kri ~ kairi
4dri ~ derni
5lri ~ loroi
6sri ~ srao
7nri ~ naru
8rowi ~ terno
9pri ~ apar
10brai ~ berai
100dox
1000doxaz

Collective numerals are formed by adding the suffix <-ri> to the monosyllabic form of the numeral, even were that monosyllabic form itself is not attested, a form of reduplication that suggest that even the monosyllabic numerals were originally bisyllabic. Collective numerals are used to enumerated entities in a group seen as a whole, not in counting.

Table 6.2. Collective numerals

1briri
2vriri
3kriri
4driri
5lriri
6sriri
7nriri
8triri
9priri
10brairi

6.1. Collective numerals

Table 6.3. Collective numerals