Qatabanian Language - Numerals

Numerals

Qatabānian has an unusual form for the cardinal number "one" - ṭd / fem. ṭt ; this has no known cognates in any of the ancient Semitic languages, although it does appear in modern South Arabian languages (cf. Jibbālī ṭad, fem. ṭit). Qatabānian also has another word for "one", ˤs₁tn, which is cognate with the Minaean ˤs₁t (and with forms in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Hebrew). The Qatabānian forms for "three" and "six" are the same as the Old Sabaean words: s₂lṯ (fem. s₂lṯt) and s₁dṯ (fem. s₁dṯt).

Qatabānian expresses distributives by repeating the number, thus: b-ˤs₂r ˤs₂r ḫbṣtm mṣˤm l-ṭt ṭt ywmm "ten full Ḫabṣat coins each for each day".