How to count in Kaska (Dene Zágéʼ), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada. The first lot of numbers (before the commas) are from the Pelly Banks dialect.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | ełī́géʼ, ethega |
| 2 | łī́gedetʼē, hleketeta |
| 3 | tādetʼē, tadida |
| 4 | łā́ntʼē, hlen'ta |
| 5 | łṓlā́, klola |
| 6 | łṓlā gadigé ełī́géʼ, nodsliga |
| 7 | łṓlā́ gādígé łī́gedetʼē, nodslika |
| 8 | łṓlā́ gādígé tādetʼē, nostadida |
| 9 | łṓlā́ gadigé łā́ntʼē, nosisleneta |
| 10 | tsísnōʼ, tisenogoanzi tliga |
| 20 | tsísnōʼ łī́gedetʼē |
| 100 | tsísnō tsísnōʼ |
Information about Kaska numerals
http://www.native-languages.org/numbers/kaska_numbers.htm
https://kaska.arts.ubc.ca/kaska-lessons/lessons/pelly-banks-dialect-exercises/lesson-24-in-class/
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Information about Kaska | Numbers
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