How to count in Pemon, a Cariban language spoken mainly in southeastern Venezuela, and also in northern Brazil and northern Guyana.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | töukin |
| 2 | sakü’ne |
| 3 | seutawö’ne |
| 4 | saköröro’ne |
| 5 | mia töukin (lit. ‘one hand’) |
| 6 | mia töukin töukin (lit. ‘one hand and one’) |
| 7 | mia töukin sakü’ne |
| 8 | mia töukin seutawö’ne |
| 9 | mia töukin saköröro’ne |
| 10 | sakü’ne mia (lit. ‘two hands’) |
| 11 | sakü’ne mia töukin |
| 12 | sakü’ne mia sakü’ne |
| 13 | sakü’ne mia seutawö’ne |
| 14 | sakü’ne mia saköröro’ne |
| 15 | seutawö’ne mia (lit. ‘three hands’) |
| 16 | seutawö’ne mia töukin |
| 17 | seutawö’ne mia sakü’ne |
| 18 | seutawö’ne mia seutawö’ne |
| 19 | seutawö’ne mia saköröro’ne |
| 20 | töukin pemon (lit. ‘one indigenous person’) |
| 30 | töukin pemon sakü’ne mia |
| 40 | sakü’ne pemon |
| 50 | sakü’ne pemon sakü’ne mia |
| 60 | seutawö’ne pemon |
| 70 | seutawб’ne pemon sakü’ne mia |
| 80 | sakбröro’ne pemon |
| 90 | saköröro’ne pemon sakü’ne mia |
| 100 | mia töukin pemon |
Source: https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Pemon.htm
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/pemon.htm
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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