Editing Siwi language (section)

==Numerical system==
The Siwi numerical system is almost entirely borrowed from Arabic; speakers have only retained two traditional Berber numerals, one and two, which are used rather consistently for qualifying nouns but compete with Arabic equivalents for the purpose of counting.<ref name="Christfried Naumann 2009">{{harvcoltxt|Naumann|2009}}</ref> The numerals 3-10 have the same form whether used for counting or for qualifying nouns.<ref name="Christfried Naumann 2009"/> Numbers 11-19 are described by Naumann (2009) as having two separate forms for counting and qualifying nouns.<ref name="Christfried Naumann 2009"/> The table that follows is from Naumann,<ref name="Christfried Naumann 2009"/> and (following the source) uses IPA rather than practical transcription.

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| 1. {{IPA|waʜəd ~ əd͡ʒːən, əd͡ʒːən, əd͡ʒːət}}  || 22. {{IPA|ətnaina wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 2. {{IPA|ətnain ~ sən, sən}}  || 23. {{IPA|ətlata wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 3. {{IPA|ətlata}}     || 24. {{IPA|arˤbˤəʢa wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 4. {{IPA|arˤbˤəʢa}} (c. and q.) || 25. {{IPA|χamsa wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 5. {{IPA|χamsa}} (c. and q.) || 26. {{IPA|sətti wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 6. {{IPA|sətti}} (c. and q.) || 27. {{IPA|səbʢa wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 7. {{IPA|səbʢa}} (c. and q.) || 28. {{IPA|ətmanja wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 8. {{IPA|ətmanja}} (c. and q.) || 29. {{IPA|təsˤʢa wa ʢəʃrin}} (c. and q.)
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| 9. {{IPA|təsˤʢa}} (c. and q.) || 30. {{IPA|ətlatin}} (c. and q.)
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| 10. {{IPA|ʢaʃrˤa}} (c. and q.) || 40. {{IPA|arˤbˤəʢin}} (c. and q.)
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| 11. {{IPA|əʜdaʃərˤ}} (counting), {{IPA|əʜdaʃ}} (q.n.) || 50. {{IPA|χamsin}} (c. and q.)
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| 12. {{IPA|ətˤnaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|ətˤnaʃ}} (q.n.)|| 60. {{IPA|səttin}} (c. and q.)
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| 13. {{IPA|ətlətˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|ətlətˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 70. {{IPA|səbʢin}} (c. and q.)
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| 14. {{IPA|arˤbəʢtˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|arˤbəʢtˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 80. {{IPA|ətmanjin}} (c. and q.)
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| 15. {{IPA|əχməstˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|əχməstˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 90. {{IPA|təsˤʢin}} (c. and q.)
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| 16. {{IPA|səttˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|səttˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 100. {{IPA|məjja}} (c. and q.)
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| 17. {{IPA|əsbaʢtˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|əsbaʢtˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 200. {{IPA|məjjətain}} (c. and q.)
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| 18. {{IPA|ətmantˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|ətmantˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 1000. {{IPA|alf}} (c. and q.)
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| 19. {{IPA|ətsaʢtˤaʃərˤ}} (c.), {{IPA|ətsaʢtˤaʃ}} (q.n.) || 2000. {{IPA|alfain}} (not attested)
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Some speakers preserve a feminine form for inherited 'two', {{lang|siz|ssnət}}.<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Schiattarella|2016|p=58}}</ref>

A further complication in the numeral system is the systematic use of duals and special bound forms of numerals with units of measurement borrowed from Arabic; thus from {{lang|siz|ssənt}} 'year' we get {{lang|siz|sənt-en}} 'two years' rather than using {{lang|siz|sən}} or {{lang|siz|tnen}}, and from {{lang|siz|ssbuʕ}} 'week' we get {{lang|siz|təlt sbuʕ-at}} (with {{lang|siz|təlt}} rather than {{lang|siz|tlata}} for 'three').<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Souag|2013|pp=113–117}}</ref>