Numbers in Nivkh

How to count in Nivkh (Нивхгу диф), a language isolate spoken in parts of Sibera in the north east of Russia.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers
1	ненӈ
2	менӈ
3	тяӄр
4	нырӈ
5	тʼорӈ
6	ӈах
7	ӈамк
8	минр
9	няндорӈ
10	мӽоӈ нивӈ
11	мӽоӈ ненӈур̌к нивӈ
12	мӽоӈ менӈур̌к нивӈ
13	мӽоӈ тяӄрур̌к нивӈ
14	мӽоӈ нырӈур̌к нивӈ
15	мӽоӈ тʼорӈур̌к нивӈ
16	мӽоӈ ӈахур̌к нивӈ
17	мӽоӈ ӈамкур̌к нивӈ
18	мӽоӈ минрур̌к нивӈ
19	мӽоӈ няндорӈур̌к нивӈ
20	меӻ нивӈ
21	меӻ ненӈур̌к нивӈ
22	меӻ менӈур̌к нивӈ
23	меӻ тяӄрур̌к нивӈ
24	меӻ нырӈур̌к нивӈ
25	меӻ тʼорӈур̌к нивӈ
26	меӻ ӈахур̌к нивӈ
27	меӻ ӈамкур̌к нивӈ
28	меӻ минрур̌к нивӈ
29	меӻ няндорӈур̌к нивӈ
30	тьӽо нивӈ
40	нху нивӈ
50	т᾽оӻ нивӈ
60	ӈағмӽоӈ нивӈ
70	ӈамгмӽоӈ нивӈ
80	минр̌мӽоӈ нивӈ
90	няндорӈмӽоӈ нивӈ
100	ньр̌аӈӷ нивӈ
101	ньр̌аӈӷ ненӈ нивӈ
200	мер̌аӈӷ нивӈ
300	тьр̌аӈӷ нивӈ
400	ныр̌аӈӷ нивӈ
500	т᾽ор̌аӈӷ нивӈ
600	ӈағр̌аӈӷ нивӈ
700	ӈамкр̌аӈӷ нивӈ
800	мин(р)р̌аӈӷ нивӈ
900	няндорӈр̌аӈӷ нивӈ
1,000	немӄаӈ нивӈ
1,001	немӄаӈ ненӈ нивӈ
2,000	меӄр̌ немӄаӈ нивӈ
100,000	ньр̌аӈӷ немӄаӈ нивӈ
1,000,000	немӄаӈ немӄаӈ нивӈ, т᾽уму нивӈ

Note: These numbers are used for counting people.

Source: Л. Б. Гашилова: НИВХСКО-РУССКИЙ ТЕМАТИЧЕСКИЙ СЛОВАРЬ (сахалинский диалект). Санкт-Петербург – 2017.

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Hear some Nivkh numbers:

Information about Nivkh numerals
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Nivkh_numerals
https://www.academia.edu/6857778/Numeral_classifiers_in_Nivkh

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