How to count in Koasati (Kowassaati), an Eastern Muskogean language spoken in Louisiana and Texas in the USA.
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
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0 | ikson iksó |
|
1 | chaffaakan caffá:kan |
himaaka̱, himaakasi hima:kan, hima:kasi |
2 | toklon tóklon |
statoklo |
3 | totchiinan toccí:nan |
statotchiina statocci:na |
4 | ostaakan ostá:kan |
stonostã:ka |
5 | chahappaakan cahappá:kan |
|
6 | hannaalin hanná:lin ahanná:lin (archaic form) |
|
7 | ontoklon ontóklon |
|
8 | ontotchiinan ontoccí:nan |
|
9 | chakkaalin cakká:lin bihcakká:lin (archaic form) |
|
10 | pokkoolin pokkó:lin |
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11 | pokkol awah chaffaakan pokko:l awáh caffá:kan |
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12 | pokkol awah toklon pokko:l awáh tóklon |
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13 | pokkol awah totchiinan pokko:l awáh toccí:nan |
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14 | pokkol awah ostaakan pokko:l awáh ostá:kan |
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15 | pokkol awah chahappaakan pokko:l awáh cahappá:kan |
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16 | pokkol awah hannaalin pokko:l awáh hanná:lin |
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17 | pokkol awah ontoklon pokko:l awáh ontóklon |
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18 | pokkol awah ontotchiinan pokko:l awáh ontoccí:nan |
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19 | pokkol awah chakkaalin pokko:l awáh cakká:lin |
|
20 | poltoklon poltóklon |
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21 | poltoklon (polo) awah chaffaakan poltóklon awáh caffá:kan |
|
22 | poltoklon (polo) awah toklon poltóklon awáh tóklon |
|
23 | poltoklon (polo) awah totchiinan poltóklon awáh toccí:nan |
|
24 | poltoklon (polo) awah ostaakan poltóklon awáh ostá:kan |
|
25 | poltoklon (polo) awah chahappaakan poltóklon awáh cahappá:kan |
|
26 | poltoklon (polo) awah hannaalin poltóklon awáh hanná:lin |
|
27 | poltoklon (polo) awah ontoklon poltóklon awáh ontóklon |
|
28 | poltoklon (polo) awah ontotchiinan poltóklon awáh ontoccí:nan |
|
29 | poltoklon (polo) awah chakkaalin poltóklon awáh cakká:lin |
|
30 | poltotchiinan poltoccí:nan |
|
40 | polostaakan polostá:kan |
|
50 | polchahappaakan polcahappá:kan |
|
60 | polahannaalin polahanná:lin |
|
70 | polontoklon polontóklon |
|
80 | polontotchiinan polontoccí:nan |
|
90 | polchakkaalin polcakká:lin polbihcakká:lin (archaic form) |
|
100 | chokpi chaffaakan cokpí caffá:kan |
|
200 | chokpi toklon cokpí tóklon |
|
300 | chokpi totchiinan cokpí toccí:nan |
|
400 | chokpi ostaakan cokpí ostá:kan |
|
500 | chokpi chahappaakan cokpí cahappá:kan |
|
600 | chokpi hannaalin cokpí hanná:lin |
|
700 | chokpi ontoklon cokpí ontóklon |
|
800 | chokpi ontotchiinan cokpí ontoccí:nan |
|
900 | chokpi chakkaalin cokpí cakká:lin |
|
1,000 | chokpachoba chaffaakan cokpacó:ba caffá:kan |
|
2,000 | chokpachoba toklon cokpacó:ba tóklon |
|
3,000 | chokpachoba totchiinan cokpacó:ba toccí:nan |
|
4,000 | chokpachoba ostaakan cokpacó:ba ostá:kan |
|
5,000 | chokpachoba chahappaakan cokpacó:ba cahappá:kan |
|
6,000 | chokpachoba hannaalin cokpacó:ba hanná:lin |
|
7,000 | chokpachoba ontoklon cokpacó:ba ontóklon |
|
8,000 | chokpachoba ontotchiinan cokpacó:ba ontoccí:nan |
|
9,000 | chokpachoba chakkaalin cokpacó:ba cakká:lin |
|
10,000 | chokpachoba pokkoolin cokpacó:ba pokkó:lin |
|
100,000 | chokpachoba chokpi chaffaakan cokpacó:ba cokpí caffá:kan |
|
once | himó:ɬan acaffá:kan |
|
twice | atóklon | |
thrice | atoccí:nan | |
4 times | onostá:kan | |
5 times | acahappá:kan | |
6 times | ahanná:lin | |
20 times | apoltóklon |
Source: Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey. Koasati Grammar. University of Nebraska Press, 1991.
Information about Koasati numerals
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-koasati/en/cku/
http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/Koasati.htm
http://koasati.wm.edu
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
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