labaatanni

Afar

**Afar cardinal numbers**
< 19	20
Cardinal : labaatanní Counting form : labaatánna

Etymology

The first half derives from an archaic stem, derived from Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma (“two”). The second half derives from tabná.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lʌbaːtʌnˈni/

Numeral

labaatanní

twenty

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis).