Chinook Jargon numbers

How to count in Chinook Jargon (chinuk wawa), a pidgin/creole trade language that was used in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and Canada.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	wake, halo
1	ikt, ixt	e’-lip, el’-ip
2	mawkst, mokst, moxt
3	łun, ɬun, klone
4	lakit, lokit
5	kwinnum, kwinnim, qwinəm
6	tax̣am, taghum
7	sinamakwst, sinamoxt
8	stuxtkin [stʋxtxɪn], stotekin
9	k'wayts [kʼʷaɪts], kwaist
10	taɬlam, tahtlum
11	tahtlum pe(e) ixt
12	tahtlum pe(e) moxt
13	tahtlum pe(e) klone
14	ltahtlum pe(e) lokit
15	tahtlum pe(e) kwinnim
16	tahtlum pe(e) taghum
17	tahtlum pe(e) sinamoxt
18	tahtlum pe(e) stotekin
19	tahtlum pe(e) kwaist
20	mokst tahtlelum
100	tak'ummunaq, tukamonuk, tukamonu
1,000	tahtlum tukamonuk

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Links

Information about counting in Chinook Jargon
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-micmac/en/mic/
http://www.fortlangley.ca/chinook%20jargon/numbers.html
https://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Classroom Materials/Curriculum Packets/Treaties & Reservations/Documents/Chinook_Dictionary_Abridged.pdf

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