How to count in Iquito (Ikíitu kuwasíini), a Zaparoan language spoken in the Department of Loreto in northern Peru.
Note: there are different forms of some numbers depending on whether you are counting animate entities, such as people and animals, or inanimate things, such as plants and objects that have been made. They are labelled (A) for animate and (I) for inanimate,
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | núúkììka |
| 2 | kuumi (I), kuupɨ (A) |
| 3 | sɨ́ɨ́sàràmaajɨtáàmì (I), sɨ́ɨ́sàràmaajɨtáàpɨ̀̀ (A) |
| 4 | suwaramaajɨtáàmì (I), suwaramaajɨtáàpɨ̀ (A) |
| 5 | tihííraki pɨ́ɨ́kuɨrika |
| 10 | pyɨ́ɨ́̀nì pɨ́ɨ́=kùrìka |
| 15 | pɨ́ɨ́tikííkuaa |
| 20 | pɨyɨ́ɨ́ni pɨ́ɨ́titika |
Sources and information about counting in Iquito
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Iquitu.htm
http://www.cabeceras.org/ikiitu/Michael_et_al_2022_Diccionario_Iquito_Castellano.pdf
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Information about Iquito | Numbers
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