Information about counting in Guerrero Nahuatl, a Nahuatl language spoken in the Mexican state of Guerrero in the centre of Mexico.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | se, sentetl | achtoj |
| 2 | ome | ika ome |
| 3 | yeyi | ika yeyi |
| 4 | naui | ika naui |
| 5 | makuijli | ika makuijli |
| 6 | chikuasen | ika chikuasen |
| 7 | chikome | ika chikome |
| 8 | chikueyi | ika chikueyi |
| 9 | chiknaui | ika chiknaui |
| 10 | majtlaktli | ika majtlaktli |
| 11 | majtlaktli uan se (10 + 1) | |
| 12 | majtlaktli uan ome (10 + 2) | |
| 13 | majtlaktli uan yeyi (10 + 3) | |
| 14 | majtlaktli uan naui (10 + 4) | |
| 15 | majtlaktli uan makuijli (10 + 5) | |
| 16 | majtlaktli uan chikuasen (10 + 6) | |
| 17 | majtlaktli uan chikome (10 + 7) | |
| 18 | majtlaktli uan chikyeyi (10 + 8) | |
| 19 | majtlaktli uan chiknaui (10 + 9) | |
| 20 | sempoajli (1 × 20) | |
| 21 | sempoajli uan se (1 × 20 + 1) | |
| 22 | sempoajli uan ome (1 × 20 + 2) | |
| 23 | sempoajli uan yeyi (1 × 20 + 3) | |
| 24 | sempoajli uan naui (1 × 20 + 4) | |
| 25 | sempoajli uan makuijli (1 × 20 + 5) | |
| 26 | sempoajli uan chikuasen (1 × 20 + 6) | |
| 27 | sempoajli uan chikome (1 × 20 + 7) | |
| 28 | sempoajli uan chikyeyi (1 × 20 + 8) | |
| 29 | sempoajli uan chiknaui (1 × 20 + 9) | |
| 30 | sempoajli uan majtlaktli (1 × 20 + 10) | |
| 40 | omepoajli, ompoajli (2 × 20) | |
| 50 | omepoajli uan majtlaktli (2 × 20 + 10) | |
| 60 | yeyipoajli, yepoajli (3 × 20) | |
| 70 | yeyipoajli uan majtlaktli (3 × 20 + 10) | |
| 80 | nauipoajli, napoajli (4 × 20) | |
| 90 | nauipoajli uan majtlaktli (4 × 20 + 10) | |
| 100 | makuilpoajli (5 × 20) | |
| the first time | yeyika | |
| one time | san sejpa | |
| two times | omepa, okpa | |
| two times | consecutively okpatipan | |
| three times | yeyipa, yexpa | |
| many times | miyekpa | |
| another time | oksejpa |
Source: Tiuelis titlajtlajtos náhuatl. Puede hablar el náhuatl. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2004.
Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
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Guerrero Nahuatl is a Nahuatl language spoken in the Mexican state of Guerrero in the centre of Mexico by about 150,000 people.
More information about Guerrero Nahuatl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrero_Nahuatl
http://www.ethnologue.org/language/ngu
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