How to count in Crow (Apsáalooke), a Siouan language spoken in southern Montana in the USA.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hawáta, hawáte | bassáa, bassée |
| 2 | dúupa, dúupe | iilúupa, iilápa, iilúupe |
| 3 | dáawii, dáawiia | iiláawi, iiláwi, iiláawiia |
| 4 | shoopá, shoopé | iishoopá, iishoopé |
| 5 | chiaxxú, chiaxxo | iichiaxxú, iichiaxxó |
| 6 | akaawá, áka, akaawé | iiakaawá, iiakaawé |
| 7 | sáhpua | iisáhpua |
| 8 | dúupahpi, dúupahpe | iilúupahpi, iilúupahpe |
| 9 | hawátahpi | iihawátahpi, iihawátahpe |
| 10 | pilaká, pilaké | iipilaká, iipilaké |
| 11 | axpáwata, axpáwate | |
| 12 | axpíluupa, axpíluupe | |
| 13 | axpílaawii, axpílaawiia | |
| 14 | axpíshoopa, axpíshoope | |
| 15 | axpíchiaxxu, axpíchiaxxo | |
| 16 | axpákaawa, axpákaawe | |
| 17 | axpísahpua | |
| 18 | axpíluuhpahpi, axpíluupahpe | |
| 19 | axpáwatahpi, axpáwatahpe | |
| 20 | dúhpaa-pilaka dúhpaa-pilake (‘ten twice’) |
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| 21 | dúhpapilak-axpáwata dúhpaapilak-axpáwate |
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| 22 | dúhpapilak-axpíluupa dúhpaapilak-axpíluupe |
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| 23 | dúhpapilak- axpílaawii dúhpaapilak-axpílaawiia |
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| 24 | dúhpapilak-axpíshoopa dúhpaapilak-axpíshoope |
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| 25 | dúhpapilak-axpíchiaxxu dúhpaapilak-axpíchiaxxo |
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| 26 | dúhpapilak-axpíakaawá dúhpaapilak-axpakaawe |
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| 27 | dúhpapilak-axpísahpua dúhpaapilak-axpísahpua |
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| 28 | dúhpapilak-axpídúupahpi dúhpaapilak-axpíluupahpe |
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| 29 | dúhpapilak-axpíhawátahpi dúhpaapilak-axpáwatahpe |
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| 30 | dáhmiia-pilaka, dámmia-pilake | |
| 40 | shuhpáa-pilaka, shuhpáa-pilake | |
| 50 | chiaxxúa-pilaka, chiaxxúa-pilake | |
| 60 | akammáa-pilaka, akammáa-pilake | |
| 70 | sáhpua-pilaka | |
| 80 | dúupahpia-pilaka, dúupahpia-pilake | |
| 90 | hawátahpia-pilaka, hawátahpia-pilake | |
| 100 | pilak-isáa, pilakisée (pilaka ‘ten’ + isáa ‘big’) ‘one hundred’ |
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| 1,000 | pilak-isáa pilake (‘ten hundred’) | |
| 10,000 | pilak-isáa pilake pilaké | |
| 100,000 | pilak-isáa pilake pilakisée | |
| 1,000,000 | dawússuua | |
| once | hawáhtaa, hawáttaa | |
| twice | dúhpaa | |
| three times | dáhmiia | |
| four times | shuhpáa | |
| five times | chiaxxúa | |
| six times | akammáa | |
| seven times | sáhpua | |
| eight times | dúupahpia | |
| nine times | hawáhtahpia | |
| ten times | pilahkáa |
- Randolph Graczyk: A Grammar of Crow (Apsáalooke Aliláau). University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln and London, 2007.
- A Dictionary of Everday Crow Compiled by Ishtaléeschia Báachiia Héeleetaalawe (“Squirrel that Walks Among the Pines”), Mary Helen Medicine Horse. Bilingual Materials Development Center, Crow Agency, Montana – 1987.
- Robert H. Lowie: Crow Word Lists. University of California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles, 1960.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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