Indian Antiquary Vol 36

________________ DECEMBER, 1907.] RECORD OF THE LANGUAGES OF SAVAGES. In applying terms for numbers to objects and things they use special numeral co-efficients, as do all the Far Eastern races, the explanation of which will be found, ante, II (Grammar), o (Numeral co-efficients). b. The Numerals. For ordinary objects the Nicobarese enumerate by a curiously isolated set of terms up to half a score (ten) by separate words thus in all the dialects: Comparative Table of Numerals. CHOWRA. TERESSA AND ВОМРОКА. heang CAR NICOBAR. 1. kahōk (heng44) 2. neät 3. lué 4. fän 5. tani 6. tafual 7. sât 8. häo-hare 9. maichua-tare 10. sam so on. heang ân lue foor tani tafual ishât enfän kalafän shòm ân lue foon michāma47 anai48 tani tafua isseät enfoòn rōe-hata shòm CENTRAL GROUP. heang ân lõe, lue foan noong tom tanai tafual issât enföan 46 heäng-hata shòm SOUTHERN A score in all the dialects is named as follows:CAR NICOBAR. CHOWRA. TERESSA AND CENTRAL ВОМРОКА. GROUP. GROUP. momchiama momchiama pomchiama inai tom inai SOUTHERN GROUP. heg ân lue foat tani takoal ishât enfôan häch-hata shab After the half score and up to nineteen the enumeration is ten-one and so on for all the dialects, except Car Nicobar where they count one-ten and so on, using then sian for sam. Among the Shom Pen, the inland tribe, who have no export commerce, there are no such special systems of enumeration as the other people have, but in addition to direct reckoning they count by pairs, a point of some interest as will be seen hereafter. Thus àu, two, becomes ta-du, a pair. Then 2 = heng ta-du, one pair ; 3 = heng ta du heng, one pair one ; 4 = du t du, two pair, and so on. For numerals beyond ten the Shom Pen have an expression for half-apair mahàukod, which again will be found later on to explain a point in the system of the other tribes, and count thus up to 19; heng mahàukod teya, one half-pair (and) ten 11, and so on. 361 When approaching the first or any score, all the dialects use a plan, in common with many other people, of counting "more reach a score." E. g., in the Central dialect lõe tare tangla heang momchiama, 3 more reach one score 17: dn tare tangla foan momchiama, 2 more reach four score = 78. For cocoanuts and money. ti, tai, hand: then with infix an, t-an-i, t-an-ai five; and with suffix, lai-h, five. an, two; foan, foon, four: then en-föan, en-foon, eight. 47 Of general objects. SHOм PEN. heng àu Of cocoanuts and money. luge fuat tain45 lagàu ain towe langi teya And after the score the Central and Southern Groups have a term for half-a-score (doktas), just as the Shom Pen have, as we have seen, one for half-a-pair. Thus in these two dialects 30 is respectively heang momohiama doktas and heg-pomchiama-dòktai one score (and) half-a-score. Between the scores the numerals otherwise run as above explained -« one score one "and SHOM PEN. inai

SR No.	032528
Book Title	Indian Antiquary Vol 36
Original Sutra Author	N/A
Author	Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher	Swati Publications
Publication Year	1984
Total Pages	430
Language	English
Classification	Book_English
File Size	15 MB

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