Cuzco Quechua numbers

How to count in Cuzco Quechua (Runasimi Qusqu Qullaw), a variety of Southern Quechua spoken in Cuzco and the Department of Cuzco in southern Peru.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	ch’usaq, mana imapas
1	huk	ñawpaq kaq
2	iskay	iskay kaq
3	kinsa	kinsa kaq
4	tawa	tawa kaq
5	pisqa	pisqa kaq
6	soqta	soqta kaq
7	qanchis	qanchis kaq
8	pusaq	pusaq kaq
9	isqon	isqon kaq
10	chunka	chunka ñiqin
11	chunka hukniyoq	chunka hukniyoq kaq
12	chunka iskayniyoq	chunka iskayniyoq kaq
13	chunka kinsayoq	chunka kinsayoq kaq
14	chunka tawayoq	chunka tawayoq kaq
15	chunka pisqayoq	chunka pisqayoq kaq
16	chunka soqtayoq	chunka soqtayoq kaq
17	chunka qanchisniyoq	chunka qanchisniyoq kaq
18	chunka pusaqniyoq	chunka pusaqniyoq kaq
19	chunka isqonniyoq	chunka isqonniyoq kaq
20	iskay chunka	iskay chunka kaq
21	iskay chunka hukniyoq
22	iskay chunka iskayniyoq
23	iskay chunka kinsayoq
24	iskay chunka tawayoq
25	iskay chunka pisqayoq
26	iskay chunka soqtayoq
27	iskay chunka qanchisniyoq
28	iskay chunka pusaqniyoq
29	iskay chunka isqonniyoq
30	kinsa chunka
31	kinsa chunka hukniyoq
32	kinsa chunka iskayniyoq
33	kinsa chunka kinsayoq
34	kinsa chunka tawayoq
35	kinsa chunka pisqayoq
36	kinsa chunka soqtayoq
37	kinsa chunka qanchisniyoq
38	kinsa chunka pusaqniyoq
39	kinsa chunka isqonniyoq
40	tawa chunka
50	pisqa chunka
60	soqta chunka
70	qanchis chunka
80	pusaq chunka
90	isqon chunka
100	pachak
110	pachak chunka
120	pachak iskay chunka
200	iskay pachak
300	kinsa pachak
1000	waranqa
2000	iskay waranqa
10 000	chunka waranqa
1 000 000	hunu
1 000 000 000	lluna

Notes

Ordinal numbers can also be formed with the word ñeqe, e.g. iskay ñeqe = second.

Sources and details of numbers in Quechua

https://aprenderquechua.com/vocabulario/numeros-en-quechua/
http://www.vanenos.com/overige/quechua-language/quechua-course-materials/quechua-lesson-1/
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Quechua.htm
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Quechua/WordEnQu/Cat/Numbers
www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number/cuzco_quechua.html
Introduction to Quechua: Language of the Andes, 2nd Edition
The Social Life of Numbers: A Quechua Ontology of Numbers and Philosophy of Arithmetic

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