Numbers in Mapuche (Mapudungun)

How to count in Mapuche, a language isolate spoken in parts of Chile and Argentina.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
0	sero	wūnen
1	kiñe	inan
2	epu	epunge-lu *
3	küla
4	meli
5	kechu
6	kayu
7	regle, reqle, reüle
8	pura
9	aylla
10	mari
11	mari kiñe
12	mari epu
13	mari küla
14	mari meli
15	mari kechu
16	mari kayu
17	mari regle, mari reqle
18	mari pura
19	mari aylla
20	epu mari
21	epu mari kiñe
22	epu mari epu
23	epu mari küla
24	epu mari meli
25	epu mari kechu
26	epu mari kayu
27	epu mari regle
28	epu mari pura
29	epu mari aylla
30	küla mari
40	meli mari
50	kechu mari
60	kayu mari
70	regle mari
80	pura mari
90	aylla mari
100	(kiñe) pataka
200	epu pataka
300	küla pataka
400	meli pataka
500	kechu pataka
600	kayu pataka
700	regle pataka, reqle pataka
800	pura pataka
857	pura pataka kechu mari regle
900	aylla pataka
1,000	(kiñe) warangka, waragka
1,997	kiñe warangka aylla pataka aylla mari regle
2,000	epu warangka
3,000	küla warangka
4,000	meli warangka
5,000	kechu warangka
5,698	kechu warangka kayu pataka aylla mari pura
6,000	kayu warangka
7,000	regle warangka, reqle warangka
8,000	pura warangka
9,000	aylla warangka
10,000	mari warangka
20,000	epu mari warangka
20,482	epu mari warangka meli pataka pura mari epu
70,328	regle mari warangka küla pataka epu mari pura
1,000,000	mijon
once	kiñeci, kiñe chi
twice	epuci, epu chi
thrice	külaci, küla chi
four times	melici, meli chi
five times	kechuci, kechu chi

Note

“sero” (0) and “miyon” (1,000,000) are Spanish loan words.
“pataka” (100) and “warangka” (1,000) were taken from Quechua.
* Although “wünen” (first) and “inan” (second) are used frequently, ordinals can be created for any number by suffixing (-)nge-lu.

Sources:
- R. Urrutia Muñoz. Diccionario Mapuche. Mapudungun/Español, Español/Mapudungun, 2006.
- Arturo Hernándes Sallés: Gramática Básica de la Lengua Mapuche. Chile – 2006.
- Diccionario Español-Mapuche: http://todobariloche.com/diccionario.htm

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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Information about Mapuche (Mapudungun) numerals: http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/Mapuche.htm
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-mapudungun/en/arn/
http://tierra-larga-de-nunoa.webnode.cl/products/numeracion-mapuche/

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