For the curious, here's a more complete
numeral list for (Balkan) Romani. The spelling is as phonetic as
possible (<j> = "y", <S> = "sh", <Z> =
"zh"):
1 jek
2 dui
3 trin
4 Star
5 panZ
6 Sov
7 efta (< Gk.
Eftá)
8 oxto (< Gk.
OxtÓ)
9 enja (< Gk.
Enjá)
10 deS
11 deS-u-ek
12 deS-u-dui
..
20 biS
21 biS-ta-ek
..
30 trianda (< Gk.
triá(n)da)
40 saranda (< Gk.
sará(n)da)
50 peninda (< Gk.
pEní(n)da)
60 Sov var deS
70 efta-var-deS
80 oxto-var-deS
90 enja-var-deS
100 s^el
..
1000 hiljada (< Bulg. <
Gk.)
The Middle Eastern Domari numerals are
quite similar, but include some Persian loans (more or less corresponding to the
Greek loans in European Romani: 7-9, 30, 40, 80), and the system is partly
vigesimal (60 = <trin viSt>, 70 = <trin viSt dez>).
Most of the differences between Old
Indo-Aryan and Romani are due to normal Middle Indo-Aryan developments
(word-initial strengthening, intervocalic lenition or loss of consonants, loss
of final vowels, etc.).
Piotr
> --- In cybalist@......, João Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@......>
> wrote:
> > What
are the main phonetical changes from Proto-Indo-Arian to
> > Romani,
the language of gypsies?
> > The numerals are:
> > 1
yekh
> > 2 dui
> > 3 trin
> > 4 s^tar
> > 5
panj^
> > 6 sôv
> > 7 efta
> > 8 oxto
> > 9
yena
> > 10 des^
>
> I don't know, but it looks like 7, 8
and 9 are Greek loans.
>
> David