How to count in Chamorro (Finu' Chamoru), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Guam and in the Northern Mariana Islands.
In Modern Chamorro numbers borrowed from Spanish are used. In Old Chamorro there were separate numbers for counting living things (LT), inanimate things (IT), long objects (LO) and for general counting (GC).
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | tåya’ (GC) | |
| 1 | unu, una, uno håcha (GC) maisa (LT) hachiyai (IT) takhachun (LO) |
primeru |
| 2 | dos hugua (GC) hugua (LT) hugiyai (IT) takhuguan (LO) |
sigundo |
| 3 | tres tulu (GC) tatu (LT) toʼgiyai (IT) taktulun (LO) |
tetseru |
| 4 | kuåttruʼ, kuatro fatfat/fåtfat (GC) fatfat (LT) fatfatai (IT) takfatun (LO) |
kuatto |
| 5 | singkuʼ. singko lima (GC) lalima (LT) limiyai (IT) takliman (LO) |
kinto |
| 6 | sais gunum (GC) guagunum (LT) gonmiyai (IT) taʼgunum (LO) |
sisto |
| 7 | sietti, siette fiti (GC) fafiti (LT) fotgiyai (IT) takfitun (LO) |
septemu, séptimu |
| 8 | ochu’, ocho guåluʼ (GC) guagualu (LT) guatgiyai (IT) taʼgualun (LO) |
oktabu, oktåbu |
| 9 | nuebi, nuebie sigua (GC) sasigua (LT) sigiyai (IT) taksiguan (LO) |
nebenu |
| 10 | dies månot (GC) maonot (LT) manutai (IT) takmaonton (LO) |
désimu |
| 11 | onse månot na gai hacha (GC) |
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| 12 | dosse månot na gai hugua (GC) |
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| 13 | tresse månot na gai tulu (GC) |
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| 14 | katotse månot na gai fatfåt (GC) |
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| 15 | kinse månot na gai lima (GC) |
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| 16 | disisais, dies i sais månot na gai gunom (GC) |
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| 17 | disisiete, dies i siete månot na gai fiti (GC) |
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| 18 | disiocho, dies i ocho månot na gai gualo’ (GC) |
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| 19 | disinuebi, dies i nuebe månot na gai sigua (GC) |
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| 20 | benti, bente hugua na fulu (GC) |
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| 21 | bente unu hugua na fulu na gai hacha (GC) |
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| 22 | bente dos hugua na fulu na gai hugua (GC) |
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| 23 | bente tres hugua na fulu na gai tulu (GC) |
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| 24 | bente kuattro hugua na fulu na gai fatfåt (GC) |
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| 25 | bente singko’ hugua na fulu na gai lima (GC) |
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| 26 | bente sais hugua na fulu na gai gunom (GC) |
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| 27 | bente siette hugua na fulu na gai fiti (GC) |
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| 28 | bente ocho’ hugua na fulu na gai gualo’ (GC) |
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| 29 | bente nuebi hugua na fulu na gai sigua (GC) |
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| 30 | trenta tutu na fulu (GC) |
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| 40 | kuårenta fåtfat na fulu (GC) |
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| 50 | sinkuenta lima na fulu (GC) |
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| 60 | sisenta gunom na fulu (GC) |
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| 70 | sitenta fiti na fulu (GC) |
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| 80 | ochenta guålo’ na fulu (GC) |
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| 90 | nubenta sigua na fulu (GC) |
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| 100 | siento gåtus (GC) gåtus (LT) gåtus (IT) gåtus/manapo (LO) |
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| 200 | dos sientos hugua na gåtos (GC) |
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| 300 | tres sientos tulu na gåtos (GC) |
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| 400 | kuåtro sientos fåtfat na gåtos (GC) |
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| 500 | sinko sientos kinientos lima na gåtos (GC) |
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| 600 | sais sientos gunom na gåtos (GC) |
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| 700 | siete sientos fiti na gåtos (GC) |
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| 800 | ocho sientos guålo’ na gåtos (GC) |
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| 900 | nobesientos sientos sigua na gåtos (GC) |
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| 1,000 | mit chålan (GC) |
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| 10,000 | dies mit | |
| 100,000 | siento mit | |
| 1,000,000 | un miyón |
Hear some Chamorro numbers:
Information about counting in Chamorro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language#Numbers
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioma_chamorro#Numerales
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Chamorro_numerals
https://www.guampedia.com/chamorro-numbers/
https://lengguahita.wordpress.com/numbers/
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