How to count in Tolowa, an Athabaskan language that was spoken in southwest Oregon in the USA, and which is being revived.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | łla’ |
| 2 | naaxe |
| 3 | taaxe |
| 4 | dᵾnchi |
| 5 | srweela |
| 6 | k’weestąąni |
| 7 | shch’eet’e |
| 8 | laaniisrᵾtnaatą |
| 9 | łla’dui |
| 10 | neesan |
| 11 | neesanłla’chaata |
| 12 | neesannaaxechaata |
| 13 | neesantaaxechaata |
| 14 | neesandᵾnchichaata |
| 15 | neesansrweela’chaata |
| 16 | neesank’weestąąnichaata |
| 17 | neesanshch’eet’echaata |
| 18 | neesanlaaniisrᵾtnaatąchaata |
| 19 | neesanłla’duichaata |
| 20 | naatᵾnneesan |
| 21 | naatᵾnneesanłla’chaata |
| 22 | naatᵾnneesannaaxechaata |
| 23 | naatᵾnneesantaaxechaata |
| 24 | naatᵾnneesandᵾnchichaatah |
| 25 | naatᵾnneesanshweela’chaata |
| 26 | naatᵾnneesank’weestąąnichaata |
| 27 | naatᵾnneesanshch’eet’echaata |
| 28 | naatᵾnneesanlaaniisrᵾtnaatąchaata |
| 29 | naatᵾnneesanłla’duichaata |
| 30 | taatᵾnneesan |
| 32 | taatᵾnneesannaaxechaata |
| 40 | dinchtᵾnneesan |
| 41 | dinchtᵾnneesanłlachaata |
| 50 | srweela’tᵾnneesan |
| 53 | srweela’tᵾnneesantaaxechaata |
| 60 | k’weestąąnitᵾnneesan |
| 70 | shch’eet’etᵾnneesan |
| 80 | laaniisrᵾtnaatątᵾnneesan |
| 90 | łla’duitᵾnneesan |
| 100 | łla’chᵾn |
| 120 | łla’chᵾnnaatᵾnneesanchaata |
| 200 | naaxe’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (2x100) * |
| 300 | taaxe’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (3x100) |
| 400 | dᵾnchi’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (4x100) |
| 500 | srweela’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (5x100) |
| 600 | k’weestąąni’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (6x100) |
| 700 | shch’eet’e’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (7x100) |
| 800 | laaniisrᵾtnaatą’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (8x100) |
| 900 | łla’dui’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (9x100) |
| 1,000 | neesan’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (10x100) |
| 2,000 | naatᵾnneesan’tᵾnłla’chᵾn (20x100) |
*Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier digit, the word tᵾn (times), and the word for hundred chᵾn.
Source: Me’lashne Loren Bommelyn: Now You’re Speaking Tolowa. The Deeni people, their language., pg. 75-79. Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA - 1995.
Information about Tolowa numerals
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-tolowa/en/tol/
http://www.siletzlanguage.org/docs/KG.MA.01%20Counting.pdf
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Information about Tolowa | Numbers
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