Numbers in Ona

How to count in Ona (Selk'nam), a Chonan language that was spoken in Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, and is currently being revived.

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Numeral	Cardinal
1	sòós 'šoːš 'soːs
2	sòóki sòónén 'šoːk 'soːk
3	şàáwkén 'šɑːokn 'sɑːokn
4	k’òòni sòóki k’òòni sòónén 'kone 'šoːk
5	'č'enwn 'šoːš 'č'eˀn (lit. 'one hand') 'kone 'maɾɑˀj
6	k’òòni şàáwkén
7	karreik wiwai shóuke kach-sauken chenüín kari-kismarei kak-konisoki čenųwįn
8	karreik wiwai shánken karikey-koni-soki karn karį kįy kųnį sųkį
9	kauch-kísmarei kaukenkísmarei akkiai kaųč-kįsmarrį kįsmarrį kųnį sųkį
10	koni tchen win karikeikismarei kori-ka-nuén kore-kwa-nuén sokikaikismarè
11	kauken-chenüín
12	chenüin-kismarei saukenkei konisoki
15	šá:okn č’eʔn šɑːokn 'č'enwn (lit. 'three hands')
20	shoke choon ketchen win

Source: Viegas Barros, José Pedro: LOS NUMERALES DE LA LENGUA SELKNAM, Instituto de Lingüística, UBA / CONICET. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Lingüística.

Information about Ona-Selknam numerals
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Ona-Selknam.htm

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