How to count in Naxi (Naqxi geezheeq), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in southern China.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ddee; ddeeq; yif; yil | dil-yif |
| 2 | erl; liai; ni; niq | dil-erl |
| 3 | sai; seel; seeq | dil-sai |
| 4 | ddu; lu; lul; seel; serl | |
| 5 | wa; wu | |
| 6 | chual; luf | |
| 7 | cif; sher | |
| 8 | baf; hol | |
| 9 | ggv; je | |
| 10 | cei; ceiq; cerf; cerq; sheef; zerq | |
| 11 | cei ddeeq; ceiq ddee; sheef yif | |
| 12 | cei niq; ceiq ni; sheeq'erl | |
| 13 | cei seeq | |
| 14 | ceiq lu; sheeq seel | |
| 15 | ceiq wa | |
| 16 | ceiq chual | |
| 17 | ceiq sher | |
| 18 | ceiq hol | |
| 19 | ceiq ggv | |
| 20 | ni zerq | |
| 21 | ni zerq ddee | |
| 22 | ni zerq ni; ni zerq niq | |
| 23 | ni zerq seeq | |
| 24 | ni zerq lu | |
| 25 | ni zerq wa | |
| 26 | ni zerq chual | |
| 27 | ni zerq sher | |
| 28 | ni zerq hol | |
| 29 | ni zerq ggv | |
| 30 | see cerq | |
| 31 | see cerq ddee; see cerq ddeeq | |
| 32 | see cerq niq | |
| 33 | see cerq seeq | |
| 34 | see cerq lu | |
| 40 | lu cerq | |
| 41 | lu cerq dde | |
| 42 | lu cerq ni; lu cerq niq | |
| 43 | lu cerq seeq | |
| 47 | lu cerq sher | |
| 50 | wa cerq | |
| 51 | wa cerq ddee | |
| 52 | wa cerq ni; wa cerq niq | |
| 53 | wa cerq seeq | |
| 58 | wa cerq hol | |
| 60 | chual cerq | |
| 70 | she cerq | |
| 80 | hol cerq | |
| 90 | ggv cerq | |
| 99 | ggv cerq ggv | |
| 100 | ddee xi | |
| 101 | ddee xi ddee | |
| 105 | ddee xi neif wa | |
| 110 | ddee xi ceiq | |
| 120 | ddee xi zerq | |
| 200 | ni xi | |
| 300 | seeq xi | |
| 1,000 | dvq | |
| 1,080 | ddeeq dvq neif hol cerq | |
| 2,000 | ni dvq | |
| 2,002 | ni dvq neif ni | |
| 3,000 | seeq dvq | |
| 3,503 | seeq dvq wal xi neif seeq | |
| 4,000 | lu dvq | |
| 5,000 | wa dvq | |
| 5,080 | wa dvq neif hol cerq | |
| 6,000 | chual dvq | |
| 7,000 | sher dvq | |
| 8,000 | hol dvq | |
| 9,000 | ggv dvq | |
| 10,000 | mee | |
| 20,500 | ni mee neif wal xi | |
| 38,500 | seel mee hol dvq wal xi | |
| 10 million | dvq mee | |
| 100 million | aq |
Naxi has three cardinal numbers for ten: ceiq is for the teens, zerq is for numerals between 20 to 29, and cerq is for those between 30 to 99.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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