The first few numbers don't offer many surprises:
un dou trei catr cinq sei set ogt nouf dei
[ɪn du tʁi kat ʦɪŋk si sɛt ojt nuf di]
- In careful speech catr "four" has variable pronunciation based on the following sound: before a vowel it is said [katʁ], while before stops it is often said [ˈkatə].
- We have the spelling ogt instead of oit (for what seem to be purely æsthetic grounds on the part of mediæval scribes). Compare noit "night".
Four plus five is nine.
onç doç treç catorç cinqueç deissei setteç deisogt deinouf veint
[ɔnʦ dɔʦ tʁɛʦ kaˈtɔɐ̯ʦ ʦɪŋˈkwɛʦ diˈsi seˈtɛʦ diˈzojt diˈnuf vin(t)]
Notes:
- Note the alternation of the two strategies: -ç from Lt. -decem and deis- as a transparent later derivation. Like many Romance language a mix of the two forms ends up prevailing, although the details of which number uses which strategy are unique to Boral.
- We have cinqueç rather than the expected cinç < Lt. quindecem by analogy with cinq, cinquent "five, fifty", and since cinç clashes next to the longer catorç, deissei.
I thought there were 18 people in my class, but there were 17.