Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ume-/emu-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Tungusic/ume-/emu-

This Proto-Tungusic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tungusic

Proto-Tungusic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *emu-

Numeral

*ume-/emu-

1. one

Descendants

• Northern
  • Even: умэн (umən), өмэн (ömən) (Ola Dialect in Magadan)[1]
  • Evenki: умӯн (umūn)
  • Negidal: өмөн
  • Solon: emung
• Central
  • Oroch: [script needed] (om)
  • Udihe: [script needed] (omo)
• South-Eastern:
  • Nanai: эмун[2]
  • Orok: [Term?] (umūke)
  • Ulch: [script needed] (ụm)
• South-Central:
  • Jurchen: әmu (Jurchen script: )
  • Manchu: ᡝᠮᡠ (emu)

References

1. 『言語学大辞典』(1989), 第2巻【世界言語編】中さーに, 三省堂, p.1079, 表6-70
2. The Sound of the Nanai language (Numbers, Greetings & Sample Text), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaEAJfPzZek, I love languages! 2019/03/04