How to count in Choctaw, a Western Muskogean language spoken mainly in south east Oklahoma
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | achʊfa achoffa achaffah chaffah ak amih achafah |
tikba |
| 2 | tuklo toklo tokloh |
atukla |
| 3 | tuchina tukchina tókchiinah tochchina tóchchiinah |
atuchina |
| 4 | ushta oshta oshtah |
aiushta isht aiushta |
| 5 | tahlapi talhlapi tálhlaapih |
isht tahlapi |
| 6 | hannali hánnaalih |
isht hannali |
| 7 | untuklo otoklo otokloh |
isht untuklo |
| 8 | untuchina otochchina otóchchiinah |
isht untuchina |
| 9 | chakali chakkali chákkaalih |
isht chakali |
| 10 | pokoli pokkoli pókkoolih |
isht pokoli |
| 11 | auahchʊfa awahachoffa awachaffah |
isht auahchʊfa |
| 12 | auahtuklo awahtoklo awahtokloh |
isht auahtuklo |
| 13 | auahtuchina awahtochchina awahtóchciinah |
isht auahtuchina |
| 14 | auahushta awahoshta awahoshta |
isht auahushta |
| 15 | auahtahlapi awahtalhlapi awatálhlhaapih |
isht auahtahlapi |
| 16 | auahhannali awahhannali awahhánnaalih |
isht auahhannali |
| 17 | auahuntuklo awahotoklo awahotokloh |
isht auahuntuklo |
| 18 | auahuntuchina awahhuntochchina awahótochchiinah |
isht auahuntuchina |
| 19 | abihchakali abichakkali awahchákkalih abihchákkalih |
isht abihchakali |
| 20 | pokoli tuklo pokkoli toklo pókkoolih tokloh |
isht pokoli tuklo |
| 21 | pokoli tuklo akucha achʊfa | pokoli tukloisht akucha achʊfa |
| 22 | pokoli tuklo akucha tuklo | pokoli tuklo isht akucha tuklo |
| 23 | pokoli tuklo akucha tuchina | pokoli tuklo isht akucha tuchina |
| 24 | pokoli tuklo akucha ushta | pokoli tuklo isht akucha ushta |
| 25 | pokoli tuklo akucha tahlapi | pokoli tuklo isht akucha tahlapi |
| 26 | pokoli tuklo akucha hannali | pokoli tuklo isht akucha hannali |
| 27 | pokoli tuklo akucha untuklo | pokoli tuklo isht akucha untuklo |
| 28 | pokoli tuklo akucha untuchina | pokoli tuklo isht akucha untuchina |
| 29 | pokoli tuklo akucha abihchakali | pokoli tuklo isht akucha abihchakali |
| 30 | pokoli tuchina pokkoli tochchina pókkoolih tóchchiinah |
isht pokoli tuchina |
| 40 | pokoli ushta pokkoli oshta pókkoolih oshtah |
isht pokoli ushta |
| 50 | pokoli tahlapi pokkoli talhlapi pókkoolih tálhlaapih |
isht pokoli tahlapi |
| 60 | pokoli hannali pokkoli hannali pókkoolih hánnaalih |
isht pokoli hannali |
| 70 | pokoli untuklo pokkoli otoklo pókkoolih |
isht pokoli untuklo |
| 80 | pokoli untuchina pokkoli otochchina pókkoolih otokloh |
isht pokoli untuchina |
| 90 | pokoli chakali pokkoli chakkali pókkoolih chákkaalih |
isht pokoli chakali |
| 100 | tahlepa achʊfa talhlepa achoffa talhiipah achaffah |
isht tahlepa achʊfa |
| 200 | tahlepa tuklo talhlepa toklo |
isht tahlepa tuklo |
| 300 | tahlepa tuchina talhlepa tochchina |
isht tahlepa tuchina |
| 400 | tahlepa ushta talhlepa oshta |
isht tahlepa ushta |
| 500 | tahlepa tahlapi talhlepa talhlapi |
isht tahlepa tahlapi |
| 600 | tahlepa hannali talhlepa hannali |
isht tahlepa hannali |
| 700 | tahlepa untuklo talhlepa otoklo |
isht tahlepa untuklo |
| 800 | tahlepa untuchina talhlepa otochchina |
isht tahlepa untuchina |
| 900 | tahlepa chakali talhlepa chakkali |
isht tahlepa chakali |
| 1,000 | tahlepa sipokni achʊfa talhiipah sipóknih |
isht tahlepa sipokni achʊfa |
| 2,000 | tahlepa sipokni tuklo | isht tahlepa sipokni tuklo |
| 3,000 | tahlepa sipokni tuchina | isht tahlepa sipokni tuchina |
| 4,000 | tahlepa sipokni ushta | isht tahlepa sipokni ushta |
| 5,000 | tahlepa sipokni tahlapi | isht tahlepa sipokni tahlapi |
| 6,000 | tahlepa sipokni hannali | isht tahlepa sipokni hannali |
| 7,000 | tahlepa sipokni untuklo | isht tahlepa sipokni untuklo |
| 8.000 | tahlepa sipokni untuchina | isht tahlepa sipokni untuchina |
| 9,000 | tahlepa sipokni chakali | isht tahlepa sipokni chakali |
| 10,000 | tahlepa sipokni pokoli | isht tahlepa sipokni pokoli |
| 1,000,000 | tahlepa sipokni bat tahlepa sipokni pokoli talepa sipokni talepa sipokni |
|
| once | himmona himonna himonna achafanli homonnaha |
|
| twice | atuklaha hituklaha |
|
| thrice | atuchinaha hituchinaha tuchinanchit |
Hear some Choctaw numbers:
Note: The word auah (awah) neans with, akucha, out of, over.
Sources:
- Cyrus Byington: Holisso anumpa tosholi. An English and Choctaw Definer. New York – 1852.
- Cyrus Byington: Grammar of the Choctaw language. Philadelphia - 1870.
- Cyrus Byington: A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language. New York – 1915.
- G.A. Broadwell: A Choctaw Reference Grammar. University of Nebraska Press – 2006.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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