How to count in Cheyenne (Tsėhésenėstsestȯtse), an Algonquian language spoken mainly in Montana and Oklahoma in the USA.
In Cheyenne there are different numbers for animate things and in animate things. The animate numbers are shown here.
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| Numeral | Animate |
|---|---|
| 1 | na’êstse |
| 2 | neše |
| 3 | na’he |
| 4 | neve |
| 5 | noho |
| 6 | naesohto |
| 7 | nésohto |
| 8 | na’nohto |
| 9 | sóohto |
| 10 | mâhohto |
| 11 | mâhtohto hóhtâhna’êstse |
| 12 | mâhtohto hóhtâhneše |
| 13 | mâhtohto hóhtâhna’he |
| 14 | mâhtohto hóhtâhneve |
| 15 | mâhtohto hóhtâhnoho |
| 16 | mâhtohto hóhtâhnaesohto |
| 17 | mâhtohto hóhtâhnésohto |
| 18 | mâhtohto hóhtâhna’nohto |
| 19 | mâhtohto hóhtâhsóohto |
| 20 | nésó’e |
| 21 | nésó'e hóhtâhna’êstse |
| 22 | nésó'e hóhtâhneše |
| 23 | nésó'e hóhtâhna’he |
| 24 | nésó'e hóhtâhneve |
| 25 | nésó'e hóhtâhnoho |
| 26 | nésó'e hóhtâhnaesohto |
| 27 | nésó'e hóhtâhnésohto |
| 28 | nésó'e hóhtâhna’nohto |
| 29 | nésó'e hóhtâhsóohto |
| 30 | na'no'e |
| 40 | nevo'e |
| 50 | nóhónó'e |
| 60 | naesóhtôhnó'e |
| 70 | nésôhtôhnó’e |
| 80 | na’nóhtôhnó’e |
| 90 | sóohtôhnó’e |
| 100 | no'ka mâhtóhtôhnó'e |
http://www.cheyennelanguage.org/words/numbers/numbers.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_numbers_in_various_languages#Algonquian_languages
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