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 |
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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
Achi, Akatek, Awakatek, Ch’ol, Huasteco, Jakaltek, Kaqchikel, Mam, Poqomam, Poqomchiʼ, Q'anjob'al, Q'eqchi', Sakpulktek, Tektitek, Yucatec Maya
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