How to count in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ), an Inuit language spoken mainly in northern Canada. These numbers are in the south Baffin dialect of Inuktitut.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ (atausiq) |
| 2 | ᒪᕐᕉᒃ (marruuk) |
| 3 | ᐱᖓᓱᑦ (pingasut) |
| 4 | ᑎᓴᒪᑦ (tisamat) |
| 5 | ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ (tallimat) |
| 6 | ᐱᖓᓲᔪᕐᑐᑦ (pingasuujuqtut) |
| 7 | ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᓐᖏᒑᕐᑐᑦ (tisamaujunngigaaqtut) |
| 8 | ᑎᓴᒪᐅᒑᕐᑐᑦ (tisamaujuqtut) |
| 9 | ᖁᓕᐅᓐᖏᒑᖅᑐᑦ (quliunngigaaqtut) |
| 10 | ᖁᓕᑦ (qulit) |
| 11 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᓗ (qulit atausirlu) |
| 12 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᒡᓗ (qulit marruuglu) |
| 13 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓪᓗ (qulit pingasullu) |
| 14 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓪᓗ (qulit tisamallu) |
| 15 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓪᓗ (qulit tallimallu) |
| 16 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᕐᑐᓪᓗ (qulit pingasuujuqtullu) |
| 17 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᓐᖏᒑᕐᑐᓪᓗ (qulit tisamaujunngigaaqtullu) |
| 18 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᒑᕐᑐᓪᓗ (qulit tisamaujuqtullu) |
| 19 | ᖁᓕᑦ ᖁᓕᐅᓐᖏᒑᖅᑐᓪᓗ (qulit quliunngigaaqtullu) |
| 20 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ (avatit) |
| 21 | ᐊᕙᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᓗ (avatillu atausirlu) |
| 22 | ᐊᕙᑎᓪᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᒡᓗ (avatillu marruuglu) |
| 23 | ᐊᕙᑎᓪᓗ ᐱᖓᓱᓪᓗ (avatillu pingasullu) |
| 30 | ᐊᕙᑎᓪᓗ ᖁᓕᓪᓗ (avatillu qulillu) |
| 40 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ (avatit marruuk) |
| 50 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᖁᓕᓪᓗ (avatit marruuk qulillu) |
| 60 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ (avatit pingasut) |
| 70 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᖁᓕᓪᓗ (avatit pingasut qulillu) |
| 80 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᑦ (avatit tisamat) |
| 90 | ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᖁᓕᓪᓗ (avatit tisamat qulillu) |
| 100 | ᐅᓐᑦᕆᑎ (untriti), ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ (avatit tallimat) |
Hear some Inuktitut numbers (and colours):
Information about Inuktitut numbers
https://forum.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?t=28818
https://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/r/o/Inuktitut/Numbers
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