Numbers in Saisiyat

How to count in Saisiyat (SaySiyat), a Northern Formosan language spoken in Miaoli and Hsinchu counties in northern of Taiwan.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers
1	’aehae’ [ʔæhæʔ]
2	roSa’ [roʃaʔ]
3	tooo’ [to:oʔ]
4	Sopat [ʃopat]
5	haseb [hasəb]
6	SayboSii [ʃajboʃi:]
7	SayboSii o ’aehae’ (6 + 1) [ʃajboʃi: o ʔæhæʔ]
8	maykaSpat (2 x 4) [majkaʃpat]
9	hae’hae’ (10 – 1) [hæʔhæʔ]
10	lampez [lampəð]
11	lampez ’aehae’ [lampəð ʔæhæʔ]
12	lampez roSa’ [lampəð roʃaʔ]
13	lampez tooo’ [lampəð to:oʔ]
14	lampez Sopat [lampəð ʃopat]
15	lampez haseb [lampəð hasəb]
16	lampez SayboSii [lampəð ʃajboʃi:]
17	lampez SayboSii o ’aehae’ [lampəð ʃajboʃi: o ʔæhæʔ]
18	lampez maykaSpat [lampəð majkaʃpat]
19	lampez hae’hae’ [lampəð hæʔhæʔ]
20	Sam’iyaeh [ʃamʔijæh]
21	Sam’iyaeh o ’aehae’ [ʃamʔijæh o ʔæhæʔ]
22	Sam’iyaeh o roSa’ [ʃamʔijæh o roʃaʔ]
23	Sam’iyaeh o tooo’ [ʃamʔijæh o to:oʔ]
24	Sam’iyaeh o Sopat [ʃamʔijæh o ʃopat]
25	Sam’iyaeh o haseb [ʃamʔijæh o hasəb]
26	Sam’iyaeh o SayboSii [ʃamʔijæh o ʃajboʃi:]
27	Sam’iyaeh o SayboSii ’aehae’ [ʃamʔijæh o ʃajboʃi: ʔæhæʔ]
28	Sam’iyaeh o maykaSpat [ʃamʔijæh o majkaʃpat]
29	Sam’iyaeh o hae’hae’ [ʃamʔijæh o hæʔhæʔ]
30	matoool [mato:ol]
40	moneSpat [monəʃpat]
50	monaseb [monasəb]
60	monSayboSii [monʃajboʃi:]
70	monSayboSii o ’aehae’ [monʃajboʃi: o ʔæhæʔ]
80	monmaykaSpat [monmajkaʃpat]
90	monhae’hae’ [monhæʔhæʔ]
100	kaboehoel, ’aehae’ kinkaboehoel [kaßœhœl, ʔæhæʔ kinkaßœhœl]
200	roSa’ kinkaboehoel [roʃaʔ kinkaßœhœl]
1,000	’aehae’ siyan [ʔæhæʔ θijan]
2,000	roSa’ siyan [roʃaʔ +A1:C40θijan]

Source: Paul Jen-kuei Li. A Comparative Vocabulary of Saisiyat Dialects. Acadenia Sinica.

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https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Saisiyat.htm

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