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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