Information about counting in Munsee (Hulunìixsuwáakan), an Eastern Algonquian language spoken on the Moraviantown Reserve in Ontario, Canada. It is also known as Munsee Delaware, Delaware or Ontario Delaware.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | ngwut, ngwutah |
| 2 | niisha, niisah |
| 3 | nxah |
| 4 | neewa, naawah |
| 5 | naalan, nąąnan |
| 6 | ngwutaash, ngwutąąsh |
| 7 | niishaash, tąąmpawąąs |
| 8 | xaash, xąąshoh, xąąsoh |
| 9 | noolii, naaniiwih |
| 10 | wiimbat, ndanut |
| 11 | ngwutąąkāāw |
| 12 | niisąąkāāw |
| 13 | naxąąkāāw |
| 14 | nāāwąąkāāw |
| 15 | nąąnąąkāāw |
| 16 | ngwutąąsh-xąąkāāw |
| 17 | tąąpawąąsh-xąąkāāw |
| 18 | xąąshoo-xąąkāāw |
| 19 | nāāniiwih-xąąkāāw |
| 20 | niisiinskah |
| 21 | nissiinskah wąąk ngwutah |
| 22 | nissiinskah wąąk niisah |
| 23 | nissiinskah wąąk nxah |
| 24 | nissiinskah wąąk naawah |
| 25 | nissiinskah wąąk nąąnan |
| 26 | nissiinskah wąąk ngwutąąsh |
| 27 | nissiinskah wąąk tąąmpawąąs |
| 28 | nissiinskah wąąk xąąshoh |
| 29 | nissiinskah wąąk naaniiwih |
| 30 | nxiinskah |
| 40 | naawiinskah |
| 50 | nąąniinskah |
| 60 | ngwutąąsh-xiinskah |
| 70 | tąąpawąąsh-xiinskah |
| 80 | xąąshoh-xiinskah |
| 90 | nąąniiwih-xiinskah |
| 100 | ngwutah-mdanokaanah |
| 1000 | ngwutąątkwahah |
Sources and information about Munsee numbers
https://www.native-languages.org/numbers/munsee_numbers.htm
https://munseedelaware.com/numbers/
Information about Munsee | Numbers
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