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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