Tima
Domurik
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
Ethnicity5,000 Tima people (2007)[1]
Native speakers
3,305 (2000)[2]
Unwritten
Language codes
ISO 639-3tms
Glottologtima1241
ELPTima
Tima is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tima, also known as Domorik or Lomorik, is a Katla language spoken by the Tima people of Sudan.


Numerals

The counting system in Tima language works with two different bound prefixes.

An exception to this system is the number 1. It is marked by the prefix /a-/ʌ-/.


For the numbers 2 to 10 the prefix /ɪ-/i-/ is used and it markes the singularity of those numbers.

The following numbers from 11 to 19 have there names from a combination of the names from the numbers 1 to 9 plus the prefix /t̪a-/. This most likely works as an indication that the number is „from 10 onward“ or just works as a „plus“.


According to this rule, here are the numbers from 1 to 10:

1 a-tɪɪn
2 ɪ-hɪɪk
3 ɪ-hwaay
4 ɪ-halɘm
5 i-duliin
6 ɪ-nt̪ɘdakwalɔɔŋ
7 ɪ-ntatɪŋɛɛl
8 ɪ-nt̪ɪŋɛrɛɛy
9 ɪ-nt̪ahʌdʌkun
10 ɪ-hɪdakʊn

And the numbers from 11 to 19:

ta-tɪɪn
ta-hɪɪk
ta-hwaay
ta-halɘm
ta-duliin
ta-nt̪ɘdakwalɔɔŋ
ta-ntatɪŋɛɛl
ta-nt̪ɪŋɛrɛɛy
ta-nt̪ahʌdʌkun

All the other round numbers work as a multiplication of 10:

20 i-hʌdʌkun ɪhɪɪk
30 i-hʌdʌkun ɪhwaay
40 i-hʌdʌkun ɪhalɘm
50 i-hʌdʌku idulii
60 i-hʌdʌku int̪ɘdakwalɔɔ
70 i-hʌdʌku intatɪŋɛɛ
80 i-hʌdʌku int̪ɪŋɛrɛɛ
90 i-hʌdʌku int̪ahʌdʌku
100 i-hʌdʌku ihʌdʌku

[3]

Further reading

  • Tabain, Schneider-Blum (2023). "Tima". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association: 1–25. doi:10.1017/S0025100323000257, with supplementary sound recordings.

References

  1. ↑ Tima language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  3. ↑ Alamin Mubarak, Suzan (2009). Tima Word Structure (Noun and Verb). pp. 113–115.
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