How to count in Western Apache (Ndee biyáti’), a Southern Athabaskan language spoken mainly in central Arizona in the USA.
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
---|---|---|
1 | dałaá | dáʼiʼáń, daʼiłtsé, dáʼitséh, dantséh, iłtsé, itsé, ntsé |
2 | naki | |
3 | táági | taagi geebi, taagiyeehi |
4 | dįįʼi | dįįdnyee, dįįgeehíí |
5 | ashdlaʼí | ashdladnyee |
6 | gostán | gostádngeebi, gostádnyeehi |
7 | gosts’idi, gosts'igi | gosts’idngeebi, gosts’idnyeehi |
8 | tsebíí | tsebíídngehí, tsebíídnyee |
9 | ńgóstʼáí | ńgóstʼáádngeehí, ńgóstʼáádnyeehíí |
10 | goneznán | goneznádngeebi, goneznádnyeehi |
11 | łaʼtsʼádah | łaʼtsʼádahí |
12 | nakits’ádah | |
13 | táts’ádah | |
14 | dįįʼtsʼádah | |
15 | ashdlaʼádah | |
16 | gostáts’adah | |
17 | gosts’idts’adah, gosts'igts’idah | |
18 | tsebíítsʼádah | |
19 | ńgóstʼáítsʼádah | |
20 | nadin | |
21 | nadin łaʼ | |
22 | nadin naki | |
23 | nadin táági | |
24 | nadin dįįʼi | |
25 | nadin ashdlaʼi | |
26 | nadin gostán | |
27 | nadin gostsʼidi, nadin gostsʼigi | |
28 | nadin tsebíí | |
29 | nadin ngostʼái | |
30 | tádin | |
40 | dízdin | |
50 | ashdlaʼdin | |
60 | gostádin | |
70 | gosts’idin | |
80 | tsebídin | |
90 | ńgóstʼaádin | |
100 | gonenádin, goneznádin | |
200 | nakin goneznádin | |
300 | taadn goneznádin, tádin goneznádin | |
400 | dįįʼn goneznádin | |
500 | ashdlaʼn goneznádin | |
600 | gostán goneznádin | |
700 | gosts’idn goneznádin | |
800 | tsebíídn goneznádin | |
900 | ńgóstʼaádn goneenádin | |
1,000 | ashdlʼa doo hótag dayú | |
2,000 | nakin doo hótag dayú | |
3,000 | táágiʼn doo hótag dayú | |
4,000 | dįįʼn doo hótag dayú | |
5,000 | ashdla'n doo hótag dayu | |
6,000 | gostán doo hótag dayu | |
7,000 | gosts’idn doo hótag dayu | |
8,000 | tsebíídn doo hótag dayu | |
9,000 | ńgóstʼaádn doo hótag dayu |
Source: Dorothy Bray, editor, in collaboration with the White Mountain Apache Tribe. WESTERN APACHE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Tempe, Arizona, 1998.
Compiled mainly by Wolfgang Kuhl
Hear some Western Apache numbers:
Information about counting in Western Apache
http://www.native-languages.org/numbers/apache_numbers.htm
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Western_Apache_numerals
https://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml
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