Koasati numbers

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
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
11	pokkol awah chaffaakan pokko:l awáh caffá:kan
12	pokkol awah toklon pokko:l awáh tóklon
13	pokkol awah totchiinan pokko:l awáh toccí:nan
14	pokkol awah ostaakan pokko:l awáh ostá:kan
15	pokkol awah chahappaakan pokko:l awáh cahappá:kan
16	pokkol awah hannaalin pokko:l awáh hanná:lin
17	pokkol awah ontoklon pokko:l awáh ontóklon
18	pokkol awah ontotchiinan pokko:l awáh ontoccí:nan
19	pokkol awah chakkaalin pokko:l awáh cakká:lin
20	poltoklon poltóklon
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/
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Koasati.htm
http://koasati.wm.edu

Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl

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