How to count in Tongva, an Uto-Aztecan language that was spoken in Southern California until about 1900, and is currently being revived.
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Numeral | Cardinal |
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1 | pokuu’ |
2 | wehee’ |
3 | paahe’ |
4 | wachaa’ |
5 | mahaar |
6 | pavaahe’ |
7 | wachaa’ kavyaa’ |
8 | weheesh wachaa’ |
9 | mahaar kavyaa’ |
10 | weheesh mahaar |
11 | weheesh mahaar koy pokuu’ |
12 | weheesh mahaar koy wehee’ |
13 | weheesh mahaar koy paahe’ |
14 | weheesh mahaar koy wachaa’ |
15 | weheesh mahaar koy mahaar |
16 | weheesh mahaar koy pavaahe’ |
17 | weheesh mahaar koy wachaa’ kavyaa’ |
18 | weheesh mahaar koy weheesh wachaa’ |
19 | weheesh mahaar koy mahaar kavyaa’ |
20 | weheesh weheesh mahaar |
21 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy pokuu’ |
22 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy wehee’ |
23 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy paahe’ |
24 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy wachaa’ |
25 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy mahaar |
26 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy pavaahe’ |
27 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy wachaa’ kavyaa’ |
28 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy weheesh wachaa’ |
29 | weheesh weheesh mahaar koy mahaar kavyaa’ |
30 | paahesh weheesh mahaar |
40 | wachaa’esh weheesh mahaar |
50 | mahaaresh weheesh mahaar |
60 | pavaahesh weheesh mahaar |
70 | wachaa’kavyaa’esh weheesh mahaar |
80 | weheesh wachaa’ weheesh mahaar |
90 | mahaar kavyaa’eesh weheesh mahaar |
100 | weheesh mahaaresh weheesh mahaar |
101 | weheesh mahaaresh weheesh mahaar koy pokuu’ |
200 | weheesh weheesh mahaaresh weheesh mahaar |
201 | weheesh weheesh mahaaresh weheesh mahaar koy pokuu’ |
276 | weheesh weheesh mahaaresh weheesh mahaar koy wachaa’kavyaa’esh weheesh mahaar koy pavaahe’ |
999 | mahaar kavyaa’esh weheesh mahaaresh weheesh mahaar koy mahaar kavyaa’esh weheesh mahaar koy mahaar kavyaa’ |
Source: Pamela Munro.Yaara’ Shiraawa’x ‘Eyooshiraaw’a. Now You’re Speaking Our Language. Gabrielino/Tongva/Fernandeño. A phrasebook prepared by the Gabrielino/Tongva language committee - 2008.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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