Information about counting in Cherokee, a Southern Iroquoian language spoken in North Carolina, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 0 | Ꮭ ᎪᏍᏗ (tla gosdi) |
| 1 | ᏐᏬ (sowo) |
| 2 | ᏔᎵ (tali) |
| 3 | ᏦᎢ (tsoi) |
| 4 | ᏅᎩ (nvgi) |
| 5 | ᎯᏍᎩ (hisgi) |
| 6 | ᏑᏓᎵ (sudali) |
| 7 | ᎦᎵᏉᎩ (galiquogi) |
| 8 | ᏧᏁᎳ (tsunela) |
| 9 | ᏐᏁᎳ (sonela) |
| 10 | ᏍᎪᎯ (sgohi) |
| 11 | ᏌᏚ (sadu) |
| 12 | ᏔᎵᏚ (talidu) |
| 13 | ᏦᎦᏚ (tsogadu) |
| 14 | ᏂᎦᏚ (nigadu) |
| 15 | ᎯᏍᎦᏚ (hisgadu) |
| 16 | ᏓᎳᏚ (daladu) |
| 17 | ᎦᎵᏆᏚ (galiquadu) |
| 18 | ᏁᎳᏚ (neladu) |
| 19 | ᏐᏁᎳᏚ (soneladu) |
| 20 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪᎯ (talisgohi) |
| 21 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏐᏬ (talisgo sowo) |
| 22 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏔᎵ (talisgo tali) |
| 23 | ᎦᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏦᎢ (talisgo tsoi) |
| 24 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏅᎩ (talisgo nvgi) |
| 25 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᎯᏍᎩ (talisgo hisgi) |
| 26 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ (talisgo sudali) |
| 27 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᎦᎵᏉᎩ (talisgo galiquogi) |
| 28 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (talisgo tsunela) |
| 29 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏐᏁᎳ (talisgo sonela) |
| 30 | ᏦᎢᏍᎪᎯ (tsoisgohi) |
| 40 | ᏅᎩᏍᎪᎯ (nvgisgohi) |
| 50 | ᎯᏍᎩᏍᎪᎯ (hisgisgohi) |
| 60 | ᏑᏓᎵᏍᎪᎯ (sudalisgohi) |
| 70 | ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪᎯ (galiquasgohi) |
| 80 | ᏧᏁᎳᏍᎪᎯ (tsunelasgohi) |
| 90 | ᏐᏁᎳᏍᎪᎯ (sonelasgohi) |
| 100 | ᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (sgohitsiqua) |
| 200 | ᏔᎵᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (talisgohitsiqua) |
| 300 | ᏦᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (tsosgohitsiqua) |
| 400 | ᏅᎩᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (nvgisgohitsiqua) |
| 500 | ᎯᏍᎩᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (hisgisgohitsiqua) |
| 600 | ᏑᏓᎵᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (sudalisgohitsiqua) |
| 700 | ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (galiquasgohitsiqua) |
| 800 | ᏧᏁᎵᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (tsunelisgohitsiqua) |
| 900 | ᏐᏁᎵᏍᎪᎯᏥᏆ (sonelisgohitsiqua) |
| 1,000 | ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ (iyagayvli) |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Hear 1-10 in Cherokee
Information about Cherokee numbers
https://thetalklist.com/numbers-in-the-cherokee-language/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Cherokee_numerals
http://www.native-languages.org/numbers/cherokee_numbers.htm
https://shiyo.org/numbers
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/sequoyah-and-the-almost-forgotten-history-of-cherokee-numerals/
Information about the Cherokee language | Cherokee Syllabary | Phrases | Numbers | Cherokee courses on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
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