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 |
|---|---|
| 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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