How to count in Tsuut'ina (Tsúùt’ínà), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken near Calgary in Canada. It was formerly known as Sarcee or Sarsi.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | tłìk’āzá, Ɂatłik’aa |
| 2 | èkíyē, ákíyí, íkíyī, Ɂakiyi |
| 3 | tá.k’ē, tóók’ī, táyk’í, taak’i |
| 4 | díítš’ē, dīītc’íí, diich’i |
| 5 | gúùt’áá, guut’a |
| 6 | gùstánē, gùstóní, gustoni |
| 7 | tšìštš’ídē, tcìctc’ídí, chishch’idi |
| 8 | tłàšdíítš’ē, tłàcdīītc’í, tłaasdiich’i |
| 9 | tłìk’úyāwá, tłìk’ūyāyáá, tłik’uya |
| 10 | gūnèsnánē, gūnìsnání, gunisnani |
| 11 | tłìk’ é mītāā, tłìk’á mītōō, tłik’aa mit’oo |
| 12 | èká. mītāā, ìkáá mītōō, Ɂakaa mit’oo |
| 13 | tá.k’ ē mītāā, tóók’ī mītōō , taak’i mit’oo |
| 14 | diich’i mit’oo, díítš’ ē mītāā |
| 15 | gúùt’áá mītāā, guut’a mit’oo |
| 16 | gùstá mītāā |
| 17 | tšìštš’ídē mītāā |
| 18 | tłàšdíítš’ē mītāā |
| 19 | tłìk’úyāwá mītāā |
| 20 | èkédēē, àkáá-dīī |
| 30 | tá.dēē, tóó-dīī |
| 40 | dííšdēē, díīc-dīī |
| 50 | gúùstádēē, gúùt’áá-dīī |
| 60 | gùstádēē, gùstánē-dīī |
| 70 | tšìštš’ídēnē, tšìštš’ídē-dīī |
| 80 | tłàšdíítšdēē, tłàšdíítš’ē-dīī |
| 90 | tłìk’úyāwádēnē, tłìk’úyāwá-dīī |
| 100 | gūnèsnádēē, gūnìsnánī-dīī |
| 200 | èkádē gūnèsnádēē |
| 300 | tá.dē gūnèsnádēē |
| 1,000 | tłádé gūnèsnádā |
| 100,000 | tłádéé tłádé gūnèsnádā |
| once | tłìk’āzá-gù |
| twice | àkáá-gù, àkíyí-gù |
| three times | tóó-gù |
Sources: Eung-Do Cook. A Sarcee Grammar. The University of Colombia Press, Vancouver, 1984. Nanagusja. A Tsuut’ina (Sarcee) Language Development Program, 1969.
Eung-Do Cook. Sarcee Numerals. Anthropological Linguistics. Vol. 13, No. 9 (Dec., 1971), pp. 435-441
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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