Tyap/Numbering system

We shall take the Tyap numbering system in terms of: Cardinal numbers Cardinal sequence Ordinal numbers Frequency Frequency sequence Cardinal numbers Fangnkyang di̱n Tyap: Nla̱mba Small numbers Number Tyap English 0 Sa̱khat, Gum, Piit Zero 1 A̱nyiung/Nyiung/Jhyiung One 2 A̱feang/Feang/Sweang Two 3 A̱tat/Tat/Tsat Three 4 A̱naai/Naai/Nyaai Four 5 A̱fwuon/Fwuon/Tswuon Five 6 A̱taa Six 7 A̱natat Seven 8 A̱ni̱nai Eight 9 A̱kubunyiung Nine 10 Swak Ten 11 Swak ma̱ng a̱nyiung Eleven 12 Swak ma̱ng a̱feang Twelve 13 Swak ma̱ng a̱tat Thirteen 14 Swak ma̱ng a̱naai Fourteen 15 Swak ma̱ng a̱fwuon Fifteen 16 Swak ma̱ng a̱taa Sixteen 17 Swak ma̱ng a̱natat Seventeen 18 Swak ma̱ng a̱ni̱nai Eighteen 19 Swak ma̱ng a̱kubunyiung Nineteen 20 Nswak nfeang Twenty In Tyap, there are three ways of naming numbers one to five. When to use which depends on the class the noun/adjective/pronoun being quantified belongs. Remember, Tyap has six classifiers (definite articles). Please see: here. For words in Category A and C, use numbers a̱nyiung (1), a̱feang (2), a̱tat (3), a̱naai (4), a̱fwuon (5). For example, nggwon a̱nyiung (one child), a̱ka̱kwon a̱feang (two trees) For words in Category B, in the "HU" Class, use numbers nyiung (1), feang (2), tat (3), naai (4), fwuon (5). For example, kyikyo nyiung (one leaf), nkyang nfeang (two things). NB: In this class when a plural noun is used, the number receives a nasal prefix n-, especially when the singular form of that plural word belongs to same "HU" Class. in the "JI" Class, use numbers jhyiung (1), sweang (2), tsat (3), nyaai (4), tswuon (5). For example, tswa jhyiung (one nut), zam sweang (two boys). NB: In this class when a plural noun is used, the number does not receive any nasal prefix. Knowing the above numbering from zero to 20, let's count in tens from 30 to 100. 30 Nswak ntat Thirty 40 Nswak nnaai Forty 50 Nswak nfwuon Fifty 60 Nswak a̱taa Sixty 70 Nswak a̱natat Seventy 80 Nswak a̱ni̱nai Eighty 90 Nswak a̱kubunyiung Ninety 100 Cyi One hundred In counting other numbers in-between the tens, the format is <TENS> ma̱ng <UNITS>. Replace <UNITS> with a number between one and nine. Replace <TENS> with nswak nfeang, nswak ntat, nswak nnaai, nswak nfwuon, nswak a̱taa, nswak a̱natat, nswak a̱ni̱nai, or nswak a̱kubunyiung. For example, nswak nfeang ma̱ng a̱nyiung translates to twenty one. Your turn! Now practice how to count from zero to ninety-nine. Large Numbers Hundreds Note that what could be termed as the "ancient" counting system used for 1-5 is usually used from 100 till infinity. 1 becomes jhyiung, and no more a̱nyiung. Same thing with the 2,3,4 and 5 placed immediately after cyi, the word for hundred. 100: Cyi 101: Cyi ma̱ng a̱nyiung 102: Cyi ma̱ng a̱feang 103: Cyi ma̱ng a̱tat 104: Cyi ma̱ng a̱naai 105: Cyi ma̱ng a̱fwuon 106: Cyi ma̱ng a̱taa 107: Cyi ma̱ng a̱natat 108: Cyi ma̱ng a̱ni̱nai 109: Cyi ma̱ng a̱kubunyiung 110: Cyi ma̱ng swak 120: Cyi ma̱ng nswak nfeang 130: Cyi ma̱ng nswak ntat 140: Cyi ma̱ng nswak nnaai 150: Cyi ma̱ng nswak nfwuon 160: Cyi ma̱ng nswak a̱taa 170: Cyi ma̱ng nswak a̱natat 180: Cyi ma̱ng nswak a̱ni̱nai 190: Cyi ma̱ng nswak a̱kubunyiung 200: Cyi sweang 300: Cyi tsat 400: Cyi nyaai 500: Cyi tswuon 600: Cyi a̱taa 700: Cyi a̱natat 800: Cyi a̱ni̱nai (or a̱ri̱nai) 900: Cyi a̱kubunyiung 999: Cyi a̱kubunyiung ma̱ng nswak a̱kubunyiung ma̱ng a̱kubunyiung Thousands Hayab (2016:66-67) in his research on Hyam, a related language to Tyap found out that the original word for number 10 is "kop"/kwop, and that the present word used for ten was the de facto word used for twelve or a dozen is "shwak" (in Hyam) or swak (in Tyap). Due to the growing Hausa/English influence, undoubtedly before 1920 (because Thomas (1920:59) cited an example with Kagoro (Gworok) which, unlike its neighbours the Nungu, Ninzam, S. Mada and Mama, was not using as at then, the duodecimal system), the counting system has taken the shape of the Hausa/English decimal style and the word "kop/kwop" became almost extinct, while the "swak" took its place and misplaced its original meaning, which is twelve, to now mean ten. With this in mind, when one considers the number "1,000" or cyi kwop jhyiung ("cyi kwop" is spelled one word), one can say that it literally means "hundred ten one" or "100 X 10 X 1". Below are the modern Tyap Counting style in thousands: 1,000: Cyikwop 1,018: Cyikwop ma̱ng swak ma̱ng a̱ni̱nai 1,500: Cyikwop ma̱ng cyi tswuon 2,000: Cyikwop sweang 3,000: Cyikwop tsat 4,000: Cyikwop nyaai 5,000: Cyikwop tswuon 6,000: Cyikwop a̱taa 7,000: Cyikwop a̱natat 8,000: Cyikwop a̱ni̱nai 9,000: Cyikwop a̱kubunyiung Tens of thousands 10,000: Cyikwop swak 20,000: Cyikwop nswak nfeang 30,000 : Cyikwop nswak ntat 40,000: Cyikwop nswak nnaai 50,000: Cyikwop nswak nfwuon 60,000: Cyikwop nswak a̱taa 70,000: Cyikwop nswak a̱natat 80,000: Cyikwop nswak a̱ni̱nai (or nswak a̱ri̱nai) 90,000: Cyikwop nswak a̱kubunyiung Hundreds of thousands 100,000: Cyikwop cyi 200,000: Cyikwop cyi sweang 300,000: Cyikwop cyi tsat 400,000: Cyikwop cyi nyaai 500,000: Cyikwop cyi tswuon 600,000: Cyikwop cyi a̱taa 700,000: Cyikwop cyi a̱natat 800,000: Cyikwop cyi a̱ni̱nai 900,000: Cyikwop cyi a̱kubunyiung Larger numbers Millions 1,000,000: Milyon / Cyikwop cyikwop / Cyikwop a̱ka̱feang 2,000,000: Milyon a̱feang 3,000,000: Milyon a̱tat 4,000,000: Milyon a̱naai 5,000,000: Milyon a̱fwuon 6,000,000: Milyon a̱taa 7,000,000: Milyon a̱natat 8,000,000: Milyon a̱ni̱nai 9,000,000: Milyon a̱kubunyiung Tens of millions 10,000,000 : Milyon swak 20,000,000: Milyon nswak nfeang 30,000,000: Milyon nswak ntat 40,000,000: Milyon nswak nnaai 50,000,000: Milyon nswak nfwuon 60,000,000: Milyon nswak a̱taa 70,000,000: Milyon nswak a̱natat 80,000,000: Milyon nswak a̱ni̱nai 90,000,000: Milyon nswak a̱kubunyiung Hundreds of millions 100,000,000: Milyon cyi 200,000,000: Milyon cyi sweang 300,000,000: Milyon cyi tsat 400,000,000: Milyon cyi nyaai 500,000,000: Milyon cyi tswuon 600,000,000: Milyon cyi a̱taa 700,000,000: Milyon cyi a̱natat 800,000,000: Milyon cyi a̱ni̱nai 900,000,000: Milyon cyi a̱kubunyiung Billions 1,000,000,000: Bilyon / Cyikwop cyikwop cyikwop / Cyikwop a̱ka̱tat 10,000,000,000: Bilyon swak 100,000,000,000: Bilyon cyi Trillions 1,000,000,000,000: Ti̱rilyon / cyikwop cyikwop cyikwop cyikwop / Cyikwop a̱ka̱naai 10,000,000,000,000: Ti̱rilyon swak 100,000,000,000,000: Ti̱rilyon cyi Cardinal sequence Tyap numbers can be modified according to the sequence of arrangement or the number pairing. This is possible for numbers 1-6, mostly. Example: Number Tyap English 1/1 A̱nyanyin Singly, individually 2/2 A̱fafaan In twos 3/3 A̱tatat In threes 4/4 A̱nanai In fours 5/5 A̱ka̱fafwuon In fives 6/6 A̱tataa In pairs of six Ordinal numbers These do not differ from the cardinal numbers. When in use, the numbers 1-5 are used according to the noun being qualified. Example: For the WU and KA definite articles A̱byii̱k a̱tat wu wa byia̱ mman na. It is the third woman that has the children. Bityong wa yet nggwon a̱feang ka. Bityong is the second child. For the HU definite article Kyang tat hu n cat n dyiat a̱ni huhwa yet... The third thing I want to talk about is... For the JI definite article Á̱ wa ka̱n faat nyak jhyiung ji. They have already slaughtered the first cattle. Frequency Tyap numbers can be modified according to the frequency of occurrence by simple adding the prefix "a̱ka̱-" to the cardinal number. Number Tyap English 0x A̱ka̱sa̱khat Zero times 1x A̱ka̱nyiung Once 2x A̱ka̱feang Twice 3x A̱ka̱tat Thrice 4x A̱ka̱naai Four times 5x A̱ka̱fwuon Five times 6x A̱ka̱taa Six times 7x A̱ka̱natat Seven times 8x A̱ka̱nni̱nai Eight times 9x A̱ka̱kubunyiung Nine times 10x A̱ka̱swak Ten times 20x A̱ka̱nswak nfeang Twenty times 100x A̱ka̱ncyi Hundred times 1,000x A̱ka̱ncyikwop Thousand times Example: N gyorong ang a̱ka̱tat, a̱wot a si̱ fa̱k nung bah. I called you three times, but you did not hear me. Hyia̱ ma̱ng a̱nggu a̱ka̱nyiung. Ka̱ gu fa̱k bah, a yok nggu. Tell him/her once. If he/she does not listen, let him/her be. Frequency sequence Tyap numbers can be modified according to the frequency of occurrence according to the sequence by simple adding the prefix "a̱ka̱-" to the cardinal sequence number. Number Tyap English 1/1x A̱ka̱nyanyin Once in a sequence 2/2x A̱ka̱fafaan Twice in a sequence 3/3x A̱ka̱tatat Thrice in a sequence 4/4x A̱ka̱nanaai Four times in a sequence 5/5x A̱ka̱fafwuon Five times in a sequence 6/6x A̱ka̱tataa Six times in a sequence Example: A̱ka̱neam na ku fwoi a̱sa̱khwot na a̱ka̱tatat. The girls had fetched the water three times each. Zam ji cong a̱ji a̱ka̱nyanyin kuzang zwat. The boys come here once each every month. <<Back to previous lesson On to the next lesson>>