How to count in Dakota (Dakhótiyapi), a Siouan language spoken in Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota in the USA, and in Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | waƞca | tokaheya |
| 2 | nuƞpa | inuƞpa |
| 3 | yamni | iyamni |
| 4 | topa | itopa |
| 5 | zaptaƞ | izaptaƞ |
| 6 | ṡakpe | iṡakpe |
| 7 | ṡakowiƞ | iṡakowiƞ |
| 8 | ṡahoġaƞ | iṡahoġaƞ |
| 9 | napciwaƞka | inapciwaƞka |
| 10 | wikcemna | iwikcemna |
| 11 | ake waƞzi | |
| 12 | ake nuƞpa | |
| 13 | ake yamni | |
| 14 | ake topa | |
| 15 | ake zaptaƞ | |
| 16 | ake ṡakpe | |
| 17 | ake ṡakowiƞ | |
| 18 | ake ṡahoġaƞ | |
| 19 | ake napciwaƞka | |
| 20 | wikcemna nuƞpa | |
| 21 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam waƞzi | |
| 22 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam nuƞpa | |
| 23 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam yamni | |
| 24 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam topa | |
| 25 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam zaptaƞ | |
| 26 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam ṡakpe | |
| 27 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam ṡakowiƞ | |
| 28 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam ṡahoġaƞ | |
| 29 | wikcemna nuƞpa sam napciwaƞka | |
| 30 | wikcemna yamni | |
| 40 | wikcemna topa | |
| 50 | wikcemna zaptaƞ | |
| 60 | wikcemna ṡakpe | |
| 70 | wikcemna ṡakowiƞ | |
| 80 | wikcemna ṡahoġaƞ | |
| 90 | wikcemna napciwaƞka | |
| 100 | opawiƞġe | |
| 1,000 | kektopawƞġe | |
| 1,000,000 | woyawa taƞka |
Information about counting in Dakota
Dakota Grammar: With Texts and Ethnography
http://www.native-languages.org/numbers/dakota_numbers.htm
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Information about Dakota | Numbers | Tower of Babel | Dakota and Lakota learning materials
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