How to count in Kogi (Kággaba), a Chibchan language spoken in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Colombia. Numbers in italics were borrowed from Spanish.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | ezua, uno |
| 2 | mozhua, do |
| 3 | maigua, taldé |
| 4 | makaiwa, kuátuldu |
| 5 | jatshiwa, siñku |
| 6 | teshuwa, sai |
| 7 | kugua, siete |
| 8 | ábigua, otsho |
| 9 | etagua, nuebe |
| 10 | ugua, die |
| 11 | ugua kasa ezua, onse |
| 12 | ugua kasa bozhua, dose |
| 13 | ugua kasa baigua, taldese |
| 14 | ugua kasa bakaiwa, katolse |
| 15 | ugua kasa jatshiwa, kinse |
| 16 | ugua kasa teshuwa, diesisé |
| 17 | ugua kasa kugua, diesisiete |
| 18 | ugua kasa ábigua, diesiyotsho |
| 19 | ugua kasa kugua, diesinuebe |
| 20 | muzhugua, bente |
| 21 | bente unu |
| 30 | taldenta |
| 40 | kualdenta |
| 50 | sinkuenta |
| 60 | sesenta |
| 70 | satenta |
| 80 | otshenta |
| 90 | nobenta |
| 100 | sien |
| 101 | siento uno |
| 200 | dosientu |
| 300 | taldesientu |
| 400 | kuataldosientu |
| 500 | kinientu |
| 600 | sesientu |
| 700 | setesientu |
| 800 | otshosientu |
| 900 | nobesientu |
| 1,000 | mil |
| 2,000 | do mil |
| 3,000 | taldé mil |
| 4,000 | kuátuldu mil |
| 5,000 | siñku mil |
| 6,000 | se mil |
| 7,000 | siete mil |
| 8,000 | otsho mil |
| 9,000 | nuebe mil |
| 10,000 | die mil |
Sources: RÍOS, PENSAMIENTOS Y PALABRAS QUE NOS UNEN (Ni, Janguxa, Muldigaba). Relatos y palabras de la cultura kogi en kogián y Español.
Kaugiañ azetaja. Matematicas grado 2 en kogui. Bogotá – Colombia, 2008.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about counting in Kogi
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Cogui.htm
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343350720_Numeros y universo en las comunidades indigenas kogui arhuaca wiwa y kankuama de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
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