How to count in Nuxalk (ItNuxalkmc), a Salishan language spoken in Bella Coola in British Columbia in Canada. It is also known as Bella Coola
Note: when counting humans, the prefix nu- is added to the numbers. For example, numaw (one person).
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | smáw |
| 2 | lhnús |
| 3 | asmús |
| 4 | mús |
| 5 | ts’ícw |
| 6 | t’xúlh |
| 7 | nusɁalhklhm |
| 8 | k’ilhnú |
| 9 | k’ismáw |
| 10 | ts’klákt |
| 11 | ts’klákt putl’s ti˯smáw |
| 12 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯lhnús |
| 13 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯asmús |
| 14 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯mús |
| 15 | ts’klá kt putl’s a˯ts’ícw |
| 16 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯t’xúlh |
| 17 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯nusɁalhklhm |
| 18 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯k’ilhnús |
| 19 | ts’klákt putl’s a˯k’ismáw |
| 20 | mawlxs |
| 21 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯smáw |
| 22 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯lhnús |
| 23 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯asmús |
| 24 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯mús |
| 25 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯ts’ícw |
| 26 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯t’xúlh |
| 27 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯nusɁalhklhm |
| 28 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯k’ilhnú |
| 29 | mawlxs putl’s ti˯k’ismáw |
| 30 | mawlxs putl’s a˯ts’klákt |
| 40 | lhwaaslxs |
| 50 | lhwaaslxs putl’s a˯ts’klákt |
| 60 | asmuslxs |
| 70 | asmuslxs putl’s a˯ts’klákt |
| 80 | ts’icwlxs |
| 90 | ts’icwlxs putl’s a˯ts’klákt |
| 100 | ts’icwlxs |
| 200 | lhnusam ts’icwlxs |
| 300 | asmusam ts’icwlxs |
| 400 | musam ts’icwlxs |
| 500 | ts’ícwam ts’icwlxs |
| 600 | t’xúlham ts’icwlxs |
| 700 | nusɁalhklhmam ts’icwlxs |
| 800 | k’ilhnusam ts’icwlxs |
| 900 | k’ismawam ts’icwlxs |
| 1,000 | ts’klaktam ts’icwlxs |
http://www.native-languages.org/nuxalk_words.htm
https://ids.clld.org/contributions/231
The Nuxalk Language : (lexicon, narratives, grammar)
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Information about Nuxalk | Numbers
Coeur dʼAlene, Comox, Halkomelem, Klallam, Lushootseed, Nlakaʼpamux (Thompson), Nuxalk (Bella Coola), Okanagan, Saanich, Salish, Shuswap, Squamish
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