Numeralul compus în limba română. Structură şi origine
The Complex Numeral in Romanian. Structure and Origin

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian and Balkan Romance forms of the numerals 11-19 and 20-90 do not continue the corresponding Latin forms, but they were reconstructed on the basis of the simple numerals according to the model: 11 < 1 on 10, 20 < 2 x 10. The origin of these constructions was explained by the Balkan substratum (similar forms exist in Albanian) or the Slavic superstratum. Our analysis demonstrates that, besides the common features of these three languages in that respect, there exist important concordances between Slavic and Romanian (without Albanian), but there is no one between Albanian and Romanian (without Slavic).

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