Ỹhɛ morphology

Main article: Ỹhɛ

This page gives an extensive description of Ỹhɛ morphological features.

Numerals

The numeral system relies on a decimal base.

The first ten cardinal numbers are forms on their own:

digit	full form
1:	bö̃
2:	lar
3:	ču
4:	ɟä
5:	ɕu
6:	dü̃
7:	ɟi
8:	žy
9:	hɔp
10:	ɕüw

Numerals from 11 to 19 are built with the construction ɕüw + nɔ + NUM:

digit	full form
11:	ɕüwnɔbö̃
12:	ɕüwnɔlar
13:	ɕüwnɔču
14:	ɕüwnɔɟä
15:	ɕüwnɔɕu
16:	ɕüwnɔdü̃
17:	ɕüwnɔɟi
18:	ɕüwnɔžy
19:	ɕüwnɔhɔp

The numerals for (one) hundred and (one) thousand are forms on their own:

digit	full form
100:	čĩ
1000:	nɔčĩ

The numerals for the multiples of tens, hundreds and thousands are built with the construction NUM + -arɕüw / -arčĩ / -arnɔčĩ. As these suffixes has often merged with the cardinal form, most forms are irregularly built:

	tens	hundreds	thousands
2x:	lararɕüw	lararčĩ	lararnɔčĩ
3x:	čɔrɕüw	čɔrčĩ	čɔrnɔčĩ
4x:	ɟärɕüw	ɟärčĩ	ɟärnɔčĩ
5x:	ɕɔrɕüw	ɕɔrčĩ	ɕɔrnɔčĩ
6x:	dɑ̃rɕüw	dɑ̃rčĩ	dɑ̃rnɔčĩ
7x:	ɟɛrɕüw	ɟɛrčĩ	ɟɛrnɔčĩ
8x:	žörɕüw	žörčĩ	žörnɔčĩ
9x:	hɔbarɕüw	hɔbarčĩ	hɔbarnɔčĩ

Numerals for “million” and “billion” are loanwords from Iðâɣ language:

digit	full form
1,000,000:	šurentu (from I. šúrěntu )
1,000,000,000:	mešurentu (from I. mêšúrěntu )

These forms are treated as noun-like forms and can be used with other numerals:

digit	full form
3,000,000:	ču šurentu
6,000,000,000:	dü̃ mešurentu

They are however treated as normal numerals when used with nouns. Nouns adjoining such numerals are not introduced by any preposition:

lar šurentu hɛ
two millions people

Composite numbers are built by just putting them beside, without any conjunction, in descending order:

• 2985: lararnɔčĩ hɔbarčĩ žɛrɕüw ɕu

As for other parts of the language, all cardinal numerals are meant as invariable forms.

Ordinal numerals are formed by adding the suffix -da to the cardinal numeral form, with some irregularities:

digit	adjective form
1st:	bö̃da
2nd:	larda
3rd:	čuɟa
4th:	ɟäda
5th:	ɕuda
6th:	dü̃da
7th:	ɟida
8th:	žyda
9th:	hɔvda
10th:	ɕüwda
11th:	ɕüwnɔbö̃da
12th:	ɕüwnɔlarda
13th:	ɕüwnɔčuɟa
20th:	lararɕüwda
30th:	čɔrɕüwda
600th:	dɑ̃rčĩda
9000th:	hɔbarnɔčĩda

Ordinal numerals for “millionth” and “billionth” are regularly formed from their corresponding cardinal forms, while their multiples are formed by unifying the separated forms in an only adjectival word:

digit	adjective form
1,000,000th:	šurentuda
1,000,000,000th:	mešurentuda
3,000,000,000th:	čumešurentuda

If the numeral form is composite, the suffix is added to every form:

• 325^th: čɔrčĩda lararɕüwda ɕuda