Southern Altai

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Southern Altai ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ӱч (üč)
    Ordinal : ӱчинчи (üčinči)
    Collective : ӱчӱ (üčü)

Etymology

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From Old Turkic اجنج (üçünç). Cognates include Azerbaijani üçüncü, Turkish üçüncü, Turkmen üçünji, Kazakh үшінші (üşınşı), Kyrgyz үчүнчү (ücüncü), Crimean Tatar üçünci, Kumyk уьчюнчю (üçünçü), Uzbek uchinchi, Uyghur ئۈچىنچى (üchinchi), Khakas ӱзінӌі (üzìncì), Shor ӱжӱнчи, and Yakut үһүс (ühüs).

Numeral

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ӱчинчи (üčinči)

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