How to count in Sayula Popoluca (yamay ajw), a Mixe language spoken in the southern Veracruz in southeastern Mexico. These numbers were documented by Dr. Eustorijo Calderón in 1892. By the 1960s only a few elderly speakers of Sayula Populuca could remember them, and today Spanish numbers are used.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | tuꞌk |
| 2 | mečk, mechki |
| 3 | tugup |
| 4 | maktašp, mactax |
| 5 | mogošp |
| 6 | tuhtup |
| 7 | huštuhtup |
| 8 | tugutuhtup |
| 9 | taštuhtup |
| 10 | mak, makp |
| 11 | makpimuhtup |
| 12 | makpimuhmečk |
| 13 | makpimuhtugup |
| 14 | makpimuhmaktašp |
| 15 | makpimuhmogošp |
| 16 | makpimuhtuhtup |
| 17 | makpimuhhuštuhtup |
| 18 | makpimuhtugutuhtup |
| 19 | makpimuhtaštuhtup |
| 20 | iꞌpš |
| 21 | iꞌpštuꞌk |
| 22 | iꞌpšmečk |
| 23 | iꞌpštugup |
| 24 | iꞌpšmaktašp |
| 25 | iꞌpšmogošp |
| 26 | iꞌpštuhtup |
| 27 | iꞌpšhuštuhtup |
| 28 | iꞌpštugutuhtup |
| 29 | iꞌpštaštuhtup |
| 30 | ipximucmap |
| 100 | mun |
Source: https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/1629
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