ⵜⵥⴰ

Central Atlas Tamazight

**Central Atlas Tamazight numbers ^(edit)**
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: ⵜⵥⴰ (tẓa) Arabic-derived cardinal: ⵜⵙⵄⵓⴷ (tsɛud)

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *tăẓa, from Proto-Afroasiatic *tVsʕ-.Cognate with Kabyle tẓa, Proto-Semitic *tišʕ-, and possibly with Hausa tar̃à.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tzˤa/
- (Ayt Ndhir) IPA^(key): [d̪ˤzˤɑ]

Numeral

ⵜⵥⴰ • (tẓa) m

nine

References

Bellahsene, Linda, Hameg, Nadia (2009) “Central Atlas Tamazight numeral system”, in Université Paris 4, CNRS, editor, Numeral Systems of the World's Languages‎, Paris, France

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