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dialect of the Koran into the ruling place) are only variant 
forms of the well known Semitic numerals. 
Arabic. 
Syriac. 
They are as follows: 
English. | py "Ganter.)| (Willsted,) | Modern, | Modern. vane | anceat 
Gide | le ee (i REE Fs Paes» 
One  itaad kat ahhad |hha, hhda| ahadu puad 
wahid’ 
Two  ‘tharo tarawah etnein t’rai k’letu |ithnan’ 
t’nein 
Three shathet tataah |tlaté |tlaa salastu (thalathat’ 
Four  |robot arba’ah | arbaa_ |arbaa arbaatu  arbaat’ 
Five (khomo khemah khamsé€|hhamsha | hamastu Le 
heimish | 
Six  |iteet yitah | sitte jishta sedestu sittat’ 
Seven |ibet yibiah | seb-&  |shoa sab’atu | sab’at’ 
Hight |thimaneet| tamani vimanie t’mania sdmantt Ae 
tmani 
Nine  |isét sa’ah tis-a _‘fitsha tsa’tu : tis’at’ 
Ten  |ashareet | ’ashri achra_ |usra ’asartu ’asharat’ 
English.| Hebrew. ne Assyrian. | Amharic. | Sabeean|Himyaritic. 
One  |ehad had ue ang ahhda| ahhdam 
edu(Akh, )iadé(Zugre 
Two |shénaim |treyn | sina hulat tani | tani 
Three |shéloshah| tolto | salaltu |sost &e. taltam 
Four jarbaah | arbo erbitti jarut arbaat| arbaam 
five |hamishah| hamsho} hamilti |amst &e. amsam 
Six shishah | shto sudu sedest sadtam 
Seven |shib’ah | shab’o | sibit — |sabat sabat | sabam 
Eight \shémonah| tmonio | sumanu |sment Xe. tamnam 
Nine |tish’ah | tesho | tisit zatang tsa’am 
Ten asrah esro esrit lesr asram 
The grammars of Sayce and Delitzsch give these Assyrian words; 
for the Sabaean see Halevy’s ‘‘ Etudes Sabéennes,” and a paper 
