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== Colloquial numbers ==
== Colloquial numbers ==
[[File: sorji (peh).mp3|thumb|none|colloquial: {{x|cit}}, {{x|nng}}, {{x|svaf}}, {{x|six}}, {{x|go}}, {{x|lak}}, {{x|chid}}, {{x|peq}}, {{x|kao}}, {{x|zap}}]]
[[File: sorji (peh).mp3|thumb|none|{{x|cit}}, {{x|nng}}, {{x|svaf}}, {{x|six}}, {{x|go}}, {{x|lak}}, {{x|chid}}, {{x|peq}}, {{x|kao}}, {{x|zap}}]]


=== Cardinal numbers ===
=== Cardinal numbers ===
To count "how many", "{{w|cardinal numbers}}" are used. Use the colloquial system (''cit'', ''nng'', ''svaf'') together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example:
To count "how many", "{{w|cardinal numbers}}" are used. Use the colloquial system (''cit'', ''nng'', ''svaf'') together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example, from ''[[Cidboea Hii]]'':


; {{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}, {{tts|nngxtaai [[chiaf]]}}, {{tts|svataai [[lefngkhix]]}}, ...
; cidboea hii, nngxciaq kef, svazaang chiuar, ...
: one television, two cars, three air conditioners ...
: a tail of fish, a pair of chickens, three trees, ...


From 11, ''{{x|id}}'' and ''{{x|ji}}'' begin to be used instead of ''cit'' & ''nng''. For example:
From '''11''', '''{{x|id}}''' and '''{{x|ji}}''' begin to be used instead of '''cit''' & '''nng'''. For example:
; zab'itboea (11-boea), zabjixciaq (12-ciaq), zabsvazaang (13-zaang), ...
; jixzab'itboea (21-boea), jixzabjixciaq (22-ciaq), ...


; {{tts|ji-zap-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-id-taai chiaf}}, {{tts|ji-zap-ji-taai chiaf}}, ...
From '''100''', '''{{x|paq}}''', count the hundreds place with '''cit''', '''nng''', '''svaf'''... and from 101, the blank tens place is {{gt|khoxng|空|[[0|zero]]}}:
: 20, 21, 22, ...


From 100, count the hundreds place with ''cit'', ''nng'', ''svaf''... and from 101, the blank tens place is {{gt|khoxng|空|[[0|zero]]}}:
; {{x|cidpaq}}-ee (100-ee), cidpah'khorng'it'boea (101-boea), cidpah'khorngji'ciaq (102-ciaq), ...
 
; {{tx|cidpaq}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-id}}-taai, {{tx|cidpaq-khoxng-ji}}, ...
: 100, 101, 102, ...


There are shortcuts when the ones place is blank:
There are shortcuts when the ones place is blank:


; {{tx|pah'id}}, {{tx|cidpaq-zab'id}}, ..., {{tx|pahji}}, {{tx|cidpaq-jixzap'id}}
; {{x|pah'id}}-ee (110-ee), cidpah'zab'it'boea (111-boea), ...,  
: '''110''', 111, ..., '''120''', 121
; {{x|pahji}}-ee (120-ee), cidpah'jixzab'it'boea (121-boea)


As we said, the next hundreds place is counted with ''{{x|nng}}''.
As we said, the next hundreds place is counted with '''{{x|nng}}'''.


; {{tx|nngxpaq}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-id}}, {{tx|nngxpaq-ji}}
; {{x|nngxpaq}}-ee (200-ee), nngxpah'id-ee (210-ee), nngxpahji-ee (220-ee)
: 200, 210, 220


Above 200, there's a shortcut using ''{{x|ar}}'' as a "weak form" of "hundred" (''{{x|paq}}'' -> ''{{x|aq}}'' -> ''ar''):
Above '''200''', there's a shortcut using '''{{x|ar}}''' as a "weak form" of "hundred" (''{{x|paq}}'' -> ''{{x|aq}}'' -> ''ar''):
; jixar-id, jixar-ji, ...
; jixafid-ee (210-ee), jixafji-ee (220-ee), ...
: 210, 220, ...
; goxafid-ee (510-ee), goxafji-ee (520-ee), ...
; goxar-id, goxar-ji, ...
: 510, 520, ...


Thousands:
Thousands:
; {{tx|cidzhefng}}, {{tx|zheng'id}} / {{tx|cidzheng'id}}, {{tx|nngxchiefn}}
; {{x|cidzhefng}} (1000), {{x|zheng'id}} / {{x|cidzheng'id}} (1100), {{x|nngxchiefn}} (2000)
: 1,000, 1,100, 2,000
: 1,000, 1,100, 2,000


Ten thousand:
Ten thousand:
; {{tx|cidban}}, {{tx|cidban-id}}, ..., {{tx|nngxban}}, ...  
; {{x|cidban}} (1,0000), cidbaxn'id (1,1000), ..., nngxban (2,0000), ...  
: 10,000, 11,000, ..., 20,000
: 10,000, 11,000, ..., 20,000
'''{{x|Pahban}}''' (100,0000) is million (1,000,000).


=== Ordinal numbers ===
=== Ordinal numbers ===
For [[ordinal numbers]], when the numerals are preceded by the prefix ''{{x|te}}'':
For [[ordinal numbers]], when the numerals are preceded by the prefix '''{{x|te}}''':
; {{x|texid}}, {{x|texji}}, {{x|texsvaf}}, {{x|texsix}}, {{x|texgo}}, ...
; {{x|texid}}, {{x|texji}}, {{x|texsvaf}}, {{x|texsix}}, {{x|texgo}}, ...
: first, second, third, ...
: first, second, third, ...
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