How to count in Makah (qʷi·qʷi·diččaq), a southern Wakashan language that was spoken on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state in the USA and is being revived.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | c̉akwa·ʔak |
| 2 | ʔaƛ |
| 3 | wi· |
| 4 | bu· |
| 5 | šuč̉ |
| 6 | č̉i·x̣ʷ |
| 7 | ʔəƛəbu |
| 8 | ʔaƛasub |
| 9 | c̉akwa·sub |
| 10 | ƛax̣ʷ |
| 11 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš c̉akwa·ʔak |
| 12 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš ʔaƛ |
| 13 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš wi· |
| 14 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš bu· |
| 15 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš šuč̉ |
| 16 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš č̉i·x̣ʷ |
| 17 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš ʔəƛəbu |
| 18 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš ʔaƛasub |
| 19 | ƛax̣ʷ ʔiš c̉akwa·sub |
| 20 | caqi·c |
| 21 | caqi·c ʔiš c̉akwa·ʔak |
| 22 | caqi·c ʔiš ʔaƛ |
| 23 | caqi·c ʔiš wi· |
| 24 | caqi·c ʔiš bu· |
| 25 | caqi·c ʔiš šuč̉ |
| 26 | caqi·c ʔiš č̉i·x̣ʷ |
| 27 | caqi·c ʔiš ʔəƛəbu |
| 28 | caqi·c ʔiš ʔaƛasub |
| 29 | caqi·c ʔiš c̉akwa·sub |
| 30 | qax̣u·k |
| 40 | ʔaƛi·q |
| 50 | ʔaƛi·q ʔiš ƛax̣ |
| 60 | wi·yu·q |
| 70 | wi·yu·q ʔiš ƛax̣ |
| 80 | bukyi·q |
| 90 | bukyi·q ʔiš ƛax̣ |
| 100 | šuč̉i·q |
| 1000 | ƛax̣u·q |
Sources:
http://www.native-languages.org/makah_words.htm
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Makah.htm
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Amerindian_basic_vocabulary
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Information about Makah | Numbers
Ditidaht, Haisla, Heiltsuk, Kwak̓wala, Makah, Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka)
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