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In Examples (49b-d, l) The assimilation of दू/दुई /du/i/ 'two' with उ#र /uttʌr/

'above' inserts infix -ल- /-l-/ in (49b) whereas the final -न /-n/ of तीन /tin/ 'three' and

the final -र /-r/ of चार /cɑr/ 'four' in (49c-d) as well as the final syllable -रऽ /-rʌ/ of

बारऽ /bɑrʌ/ in (49l) change into -ल- /-l-/ during assimilation with उ#र /uttʌr/ 'above'.
It is peculiarity of Bhojpuri and attests the functional adaptive approach to language.

Likewise, a connecting vowel -आ /-ɑ/ is interposed instead of -उ#र /-uttʌr/ from 119
to 168, except in the case of 140, 150 and 160, as shown in (50).

(50) a. ११९ उनइसा सै /unʌis-ɑ-sɛ/ 'nineteen above hundred for 119'

b. १२० बीसा सै /bis-ɑ-sɛ/ 'twenty above hundred for 120'

c. १२५ पचीसा सै /pʌcis-ɑ-sɛ/ 'twenty-five above hundred for 125'

d. १३० तीसा सै /tis-ɑ-sɛ/ 'thirty above hundred for 130'
e. १४० चाल सै /cɑl-sɛ/ 'forty above hundred for 140'

f. १५० डेढ़ सै /ɖeɽ ̊ -sɛ/ 'half and a hundred for 150'

g. १६० साठ सै /sɑʈʰ-sɛ/ sixty above hundred for 160'

In the rest below 200, the form used to express 160 remains the same, i.e., the
lower numeral precedes 100, as shown in (51).

(51) a. १६९ उनह#र सै /un-ɦʌttʌr-sɛ/ 'sixty-nine above hundred for 169'

b. १७० स#र सै /sʌttʌr-sɛ/ 'seventy above hundred for 170' and so on.
In examples (46b-d), -ल्- /-l-/ appears to be a euphonic insertion and in (47a-

d), the -आ- /-ɑ-/ may be as much the result of accent as an adjectival -आ- /-ɑ-/

(Tiwari, 1960:121).
Let us see the multiple-table of 15 as I have learnt in childhood. It expresses

the morphological forms discussed in this subsection to a greater extent.
(52) Multiple table of 15 in Bhojpuri

१५ पनरे एके पनरे /pʌnʌre eke pʌnʌre/ 'fifteen ones are fifteen'
३० दुना तीस /dunɑ tis/ 'twos are thirty'

४५ ितयो पoतािलस /tio pɛtɑlis/ 'threes are forty-five'
̃
६० चउको साठ /cʌuko sɑʈʰ/ 'fours are sixty'

७५ बम पचह#र /bʌm pʌcʌɦʌttʌr/ 'fives are seventy-five'

९० छके नबे /cʰʌke nʌbe/ 'sixes are ninety'

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