How to count in Onondaga (Onǫda’gegá’), a Northern Iroquoian language spoken in parts of Ontario, Wisconsin and New York in the USA.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | sgá:dah / sga’dah / sajadat | |
| 2 | dégnih / degnih’ / tekeni | tekenì watõnta |
| 3 | áhsęh / ahseh / àchso | àchso wathõnta |
| 4 | gayí:h / gaye’ih / gajèri | |
| 5 | hwíks / hwiks / wisk | wisk wathõnta |
| 6 | achiak | |
| 7 | tschoàtak | tschoatak wathõnta |
| 8 | tékiro | |
| 9 | wátiro | |
| 10 | wasshè | wasshè wathõnta |
| 11 | wasshe skãta gáchera | |
| 12 | wasshè tekeni gachera | wasshe tekeni watonta |
| 13 | achsòn gàchera ne wasshè | achsòn gàchera wathõnta ne wasshè |
| 14 | wasshè gajèri gáchera | |
| 15 | wasshe wisk gáchera | wasshe wisk wathõnta |
| 16 | wasshè àchiak gàchera | |
| 17 | wasshe tschoàtak gàchera | wasshe tschoàtak wathõnta |
| 18 | wasshe tékiro gachera | |
| 19 | wàtiro gachera ne wasshè | |
| 20 | t’wásshe | t’wasshe watonta |
| 30 | achso ne wasshè | |
| 40 | gajèri ne wásshe | |
| 50 | wisk ne wásshe | |
| 60 | àchiak ne wasshè | |
| 70 | tschoàtak ne wàsshe | |
| 80 | tekiro ne wasshe | |
| 90 | watiro ne wasshe | |
| 100 | wasshè ne wasshè | |
| 1,000 | wasshè ne t’wœ́nniawe |
These numbers come mainly from Zeisberger's Indian Dictionary: English, German, Iroquois, which was published in 1887, and uses a different orthography to more recent sources. The language may have changed somewhat since then as well.
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Information about Onondaga numbers
http://www.native-languages.org/onondaga_words.htm
https://archive.org/details/zeisbergersindi00goog
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