Narragansett numbers

How to count in Narragansett (Nãikanset), an Eastern Algonquian language that was spoken in Rhode Island in the USA until the 19th century, and that is being revived.

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Numeral Cardinal
1 nequit, nquit, pâwsuck
2 neen, neèsse
3 nesh, nìsh
4 yok, yòh
5 napana, napànna
6 quotta, (na)qútta
7 enadu, énada
8 seehosuck, shwósuck
9 parkugit, paskúgit
10 piùck
11 piak nal nequit
12 piak nal neen
13 piak nal nesh
14 piak nal yok
15 piak nal napana
16 piak nal quotta
17 piak nal enadu
18 piak nal seehosuck
19 piak nal parkugit
20 neesneecheck
30 swinchek
100 nquit pansuk
1,000 nquittimitaniat

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Links

Information about counting in Narragansett
https://www.native-languages.org/narragansett_words.htm
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Narragansett.htm
https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/ALGQP/article/download/803/693/1979
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Glossary_of_the_Mohegan-Pequot_Language

Information about Narragansett | Numbers

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