How to count in Ch’ol (Lakty’añ), a Cholan Mayan language spoken in Chiapas in southern Mexico.
Ch’ol numbers change depending on what you are counting. The numbers 1-11 have the following roots: 1 jun, 2 cha’, 3 ux, 4 chän, 5 jo’, 6 wäc, 7 wuc, 8 waxäc, 9 bolon, 10 lujun, and 11 junlujun. Classifiers are added to these roots. For example, junlijc = 1 piece of fabric, cha’lujt = 2 ears of corn, uxp’al = 3 words, chäntyejc = 4 trees, jo’ts’ijt = 5 pens.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | junp’ej | ñaxañ |
| 2 | cha’p’ej | i-cha’p’ej-lel |
| 3 | uxp’ej | y-uxp’ej-lel |
| 4 | chänp’ej | i-chämp’ej-lel |
| 5 | jo’p’ej | |
| 6 | wäcp’ej | |
| 7 | wucp’ej | |
| 8 | waxäcp’ej | |
| 9 | bolomp’ej | |
| 10 | lujump’ej | |
| 11 | junlujump’ej | |
| 12 | lajchämp’ej | |
| 13 | uxlujump’ej | |
| 14 | chänlujump’ej | |
| 15 | jo’lujump’ej | |
| 16 | wäclujump’ej | |
| 17 | wuclujump’ej | |
| 18 | waxäclujump’ej | |
| 19 | bolonlujump’ej | |
| 20 | junk’al | |
| 21 | jump’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 22 | cha’p’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 23 | uxp’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 24 | chänp’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 25 | jo’p’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 26 | wäcp’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 27 | wucp’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 28 | waxäcp’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 29 | bolomp’ej i chaäcäal | |
| 30 | lujump’ej i cha’c’al | |
| 40 | cha’c’al | |
| 50 | lujump’ej i yuxc’al | |
| 60 | uxc’al | |
| 70 | lujump’ej i chänc’al | |
| 80 | chänc’al | |
| 90 | lujump’ej i jo’c’al | |
| 100 | jo’c’al | |
| 200 | lujunc’al | |
| 300 | jo’lujunc’al | |
| 400 | jumbasc’ | |
| 500 | jumbasc’ yic’ot jo’c’al | |
| 600 | lujunc’al i cha’bajc’ | |
| 700 | jo’lujunc’al i cha’bajc’ | |
| 800 | cha’bajc’ | |
| 900 | jo’c’al i yuxbajc’ | |
| 1 000 | lujunc’al i yuxbajc’ | |
| 1 200 | yuxbajc’ | |
| 2 000 | jo’bajc’ | |
| 8 000 | junpic |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Hear some numbers in Ch’ol:
https://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-chol/en/ctu/
https://numeros.es/numeros-en-ch-ol
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-grammar-of-Chol-a-Mayan-language-Alvarez-Jesús
Information about Ch’ol | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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