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Rh is heavier, a viss of cotton or a viss of lead?’; badú θwâðalê ‘who went?’ (spoken slowly this often appears as béðú θwâðalê).

Contrast between bá and bé appears in pairs like the following:

bá yánðúlê ‘what enemy?’; bé yánðúlê ‘which (of more than one) enemy?’

132. The cardinal numerals from 1 to 9 are as follows:

In close juncture with a following classifier (141), tiɁ, hniɁ, and khúnniɁ are replaced by the atonic forms ta‑, hna‑, and khúnna‑.

. The tens from 10 to 90 consist of shé preceded in close juncture by a digit.

The numerals from 11 to 99, except for the tens, consist of shè (tone III) preceded by a digit in close juncture and followed by a digit in open juncture. From 11 to 19 there occur also numerals which consist of shè (tone III) followed in open juncture by a digit.

The hundreds consist of yá preceded in close juncture by a digit.

The numerals from 101 to 999, except for the hundreds, consist of yà (tone III) preceded by a digit in close juncture and followed by a number in open juncture.

Variants of the numerals from 11 to 999 consist of shé or yá preceded by a