Karuk numbers

How to count in Karuk (araráhih), a language isolate spoken along the Klamath river in northwestern California in the USA.

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Numeral	Cardinal
0	púfāt, púfaat
1	yīθa ~ ʔiθa-
2	ʔáxak
3	kuyrāk
4	pīθ, piith
5	ʔitró̄p, itrôop / itroopa-
6	ʔikrívkih, ikrívkih / ikrivkiha-
7	ʔaxakinívkih, axakinívkih / axakinivkiha-
8	kuyrakinívkih, kuyrakinívkih / kuyrakinívkiha-
9	ʔitrōpatíšāmnih, itroopatíshaamnih / itroopatishaamnih-
10	ʔitrahyar ~ ʔitahara-
11	ʔitráhyar káru yíθa, itráhyar káru yítha
12	ʔitráhyar káru ʔáxak
13	ʔitráhyar káru kuyrāk
14	ʔitráhyar káru pīθ
15	ʔitráhyar káru ʔitró̄p
16	ʔitráhyar káru ʔikrívkih
17	ʔitráhyar káru ʔaxakinívkih
18	ʔitráhyar káru kuyrakinívkih
19	ʔitráhyar káru ʔitrōpatíšāmnih
20	xakitráhyar, (va)xakitráhyar
30	kuyrakitráhyar
70	xakinivkihitráhyar / xakinivkihitahara-
90	itroopatishamnihitráhyar
100	ʔiθa-páčiš, -páchish / -pachishriha- ithapáchish / ithapáchishriha-
1,000	ʔitahara-páčiš
once	iθa:n
twice	ʔaxákyān
three times	kuyrákyān, kuyrákyaan

There are also a couple of ordinal numbers: píšī·p (first of two) and pišî·č (first of several)

Source: William Bright: The Karok Language. University of California Press - 1957.

Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl

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