How to count in Western Apache (Ndee biyáti’), a Southern Athabaskan language spoken mainly in central Arizona in the USA.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dałaá | dáʼiʼáń, daʼiłtsé, dáʼitséh, dantséh, iłtsé, itsé, ntsé |
| 2 | naki | |
| 3 | táági | taagi geebi, taagiyeehi |
| 4 | dįįʼi | dįįdnyee, dįįgeehíí |
| 5 | ashdlaʼí | ashdladnyee |
| 6 | gostán | gostádngeebi, gostádnyeehi |
| 7 | gosts’idi, gosts'igi | gosts’idngeebi, gosts’idnyeehi |
| 8 | tsebíí | tsebíídngehí, tsebíídnyee |
| 9 | ńgóstʼáí | ńgóstʼáádngeehí, ńgóstʼáádnyeehíí |
| 10 | goneznán | goneznádngeebi, goneznádnyeehi |
| 11 | łaʼtsʼádah | łaʼtsʼádahí |
| 12 | nakits’ádah | |
| 13 | táts’ádah | |
| 14 | dįįʼtsʼádah | |
| 15 | ashdlaʼádah | |
| 16 | gostáts’adah | |
| 17 | gosts’idts’adah, gosts'igts’idah | |
| 18 | tsebíítsʼádah | |
| 19 | ńgóstʼáítsʼádah | |
| 20 | nadin | |
| 21 | nadin łaʼ | |
| 22 | nadin naki | |
| 23 | nadin táági | |
| 24 | nadin dįįʼi | |
| 25 | nadin ashdlaʼi | |
| 26 | nadin gostán | |
| 27 | nadin gostsʼidi, nadin gostsʼigi | |
| 28 | nadin tsebíí | |
| 29 | nadin ngostʼái | |
| 30 | tádin | |
| 40 | dízdin | |
| 50 | ashdlaʼdin | |
| 60 | gostádin | |
| 70 | gosts’idin | |
| 80 | tsebídin | |
| 90 | ńgóstʼaádin | |
| 100 | gonenádin, goneznádin | |
| 200 | nakin goneznádin | |
| 300 | taadn goneznádin, tádin goneznádin | |
| 400 | dįįʼn goneznádin | |
| 500 | ashdlaʼn goneznádin | |
| 600 | gostán goneznádin | |
| 700 | gosts’idn goneznádin | |
| 800 | tsebíídn goneznádin | |
| 900 | ńgóstʼaádn goneenádin | |
| 1,000 | ashdlʼa doo hótag dayú | |
| 2,000 | nakin doo hótag dayú | |
| 3,000 | táágiʼn doo hótag dayú | |
| 4,000 | dįįʼn doo hótag dayú | |
| 5,000 | ashdla'n doo hótag dayu | |
| 6,000 | gostán doo hótag dayu | |
| 7,000 | gosts’idn doo hótag dayu | |
| 8,000 | tsebíídn doo hótag dayu | |
| 9,000 | ńgóstʼaádn doo hótag dayu |
Source: Dorothy Bray, editor, in collaboration with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. WESTERN APACHE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Tempe, Arizona, 1998.
Compiled mainly by Wolfgang Kuhl
Hear some Western Apache numbers:
Information about counting in Western Apache
http://www.native-languages.org/numbers/apache_numbers.htm
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Western_Apache_numerals
https://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml
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