Problem:IOL/2005/i3/en
IOL 2005 Problem #3 Mansi
Consider the following Mansi numerals (transcribed in Roman letters):
8 | ńollow |
15 | atxujplow |
49 | atlow nopЪl ontЪllow |
50 | atlow |
99 | ontЪlsāt ontЪllow |
555 | xōtsātn xōtlow nopЪl at |
900 | ontЪllowsāt |
918 | ontЪllowsāt ńollowxujplow |
(a) Determine the values of the following Mansi numerals:
atsātn at |
ńolsāt nopЪl xōt |
ontЪllowsātn ontЪllowxujplow |
(b) Spell out the following numerals in Mansi: 58, 80, 716.
⚠ ń is a specific consonant, Ъ a specific vowel of the Mansi language. A bar above a vowel indicates length. Mansi is a language of the Ob-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family. It is spoken by approx. 3000 people in Western Siberia (the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District and the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Federation).
—Ivan A. Derzhanski