Cardinals
referring to the human beings can also be used without
the above mentioned forms as
kyón
khà
/ mótsà
one
man
man one
kyón
nì
two men
man two
Cardinal numerals
referring to Non-human do not take the forms nchà
or ótsk
Examples
kákò
khà
or mótsà
one
book
book one
kákò
nì
two
books
book two
When nouns are
qualified by adjectives, cardinal numeral form is added
to the adjective and not to the noun, in other words they
are added to the whole noun phrase.
Examples
kákò
mhm
nì
two good books
book good two
kyón
mhm
ótsknì
two good men
man good (person)
two
kyón
lmt
mhm
ótsk
nì
two very good persons
man very good
person two
When
demonstrative pronouns are used along with numerals, caradinals
do not come at the end of the noun phrase as
Examples
kákò
mhm
khà
sá
This one good book
book good one
this
kákò
mhm
khà
c
That one good book
book good one
that
kákò
mhm
nì
sá-á
These two good books
book good two
this-pl.
kákò
mhm
nì
c-á
Those two good books
book good two
that-pl.
3.11.2.
Ordinal Numerals :
Ordinal numerals
are formed by the addition of an ordinal marker to the base
of the cardinal numeral, ordinal marker is -ótò.
Examples
kyón v-ótò
first man
man first
lóy
v-ótò
first woman
woman first
frò
v-ótò
first dog
dog first
kákò v-ótò
first book
book first
From the above
examples, it becomes clear that ordinal marker is the
same for both animate and inanimate nouns.
However, in Lotha, ordinals can be formed by dropping
the last syllable of the ordinal marker i.e. ò of -ótò.
Forms with the full form of the ordinal marker or that
remains by dropping the last syllable, both are acceptable
to the native speakers.
m
nch
khà
/ móts
à
k
