Numbers in Atayal

How to count in Atayal, a Formosan language spoken in central and northern Taiwan.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
1	qutux	tequtux
2	saziƞ	tesaziƞ
3	ciwaN	teciwaN
4	patuN	tepatuN
5	magaN	temagaN
6	tzyuˈ	tetzyuˈ
7	pituˈ	tepituˈ
8	spat	tespat
9	qeruˈ	teqeruˈ
10	mpuw	tempuw
11	mpuw qutux
12	mpuw saziƞ
13	mpuw ciwaN
14	mpuw patuN
15	mpuw magaN
16	mpuw tzyuˈ
17	mpuw pituˈ
18	mpuw spat
19	mpuw qeruˈ
20	mpusan
21	mpusan qutux
22	mpusan saziƞ
23	mpusan ciwaN
24	mpusan patuN
25	mpusan magaN
26	mpusan tzyuˈ
27	mpusan pituˈ
28	mpusan spat
29	mpusan qeruˈ
30	mteiyuN
40	mpatuN
50	mcimaN
60	tzyuˈpgan
70	pituˈpgan
80	spat pgan
90	qeruˈpgan
100	kbhuN
200	saziƞ kbhuN
300	ciwan kbhuN
400	patun kbhuN
500	magan kbhuN
600	tzyuˈ kbhuN
700	pituˈ kbhuN
800	spat kbhuN
900	qeruˈ kbhuN

Source: Rau Der-Hwa Victoria. A grammar of Atayal. Cornell University, 1992.

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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