Cheyenne

Language name and locationː Cheyenne, USA [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 切延内语, 美国

1. nõ'ka	21. nésó'e hóhtåhnó'ka
2. nèxa	22. nésó'e hóhtåhnèxa
3. na'ha	23. nésó'e hóhtåhna'ha
4. nèva	24. nésó'e hóhtåhnèva
5. nóhona	25. nésó'e hóhtåhnóhona
6. naesóhtoha	26. nésó'e hóhtåhnaesóhtoha
7. néso̊htoha	27. nésó'e hóhtåhnéso̊htoha
8. na'nóhtoha	28. nésó'e hóhtåhna'nóhtoha
9. sóohtoha	29. nésó'e hóhtåhsóohtoha
10. måhtóhtoha	30. na'nó'e
11. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhnó'ka	40. névó'e
12. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhnèxa	50. nóhónó'e
13. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhna'ha	60. naesóhto̊hnó'e
14. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhnèva	70. néso̊hto̊hnó'e
15. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhnóhona	80. na'nóhto̊hnó'e
16. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhnaesóhtoha	90. sóohto̊hnó'e
17. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhnéso̊htoha	100. nõ'ka måhtóhto̊hnó'e
18. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhna'nóhtoha	200. nèxa måhtóhto̊hnó'e
19. (måhtóhto) hóhtåhsóohtoha	1000. (nõ'ka ) måhtóhtoha måhtóhto̊hnó'e *
20. nésó'e	2000. nèxa måhtóhtoha måhtóhto̊hnó'e

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & Elena Leman,

12 February, 1990. Summer Institute of Linguistics, USA

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & Elena Leman, 1990 年 2 月 12 日

Other comments: Cheyenne has a decimal system. However, it might note that

remnant of the old Algonquian system of numbers formation can still be seen in Cheyenne. For instant, 6 is built up as something like 1 + 5, 7 = 2 + 5,

8 = 3 + 5. There does not appear to be any such etymological connection

between 9 and 4. The 10's ( 20, 30, etc) are constructed from the basic morphemes

plus a suffix which indicates 10's, hence 20 = 2 x 10, 30 = 3 x 10, etc.

There are several Cheyenne numbers sets for telling how many times, objects and

so on. The above set is used for numbers of times but often used for serial counting.

Basically, Cheyenne people can can count this way up to 2000, but it becomes increasingly difficult to find certainty or agreement among Cheyenne speakers for higher numbers. Typically, Cheyenne speakers will use English numbers for higher numbers, for instance, numbers above 100. However, some speakers still like to create the higher numbers in Cheyenne. It is recommended that, because of this present-day

situation with the numbers, schoolchildren not be taught detailed numbers above approximately numbers 100. There were still option for number 1000 which can be expressed by '' nõ'ka vonóéstóne̊stóva''

Cheyenne Consonant Chart:

	Bilabial	Dental	Postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p	t		k	ʔ
Fricative	v	s	ʃ	(x)	h

Cheyenne Vowel Chart:

	Front	Central	Back
Non-low	e		o
Low		a

Note that the following differences between traditional phonetic symbols and IPAː

There are only three basic vowels ( e, a, o ) in Cheyenne, they can be pronounced

in three ways: high pitch ( á, é, ó), low pitch (à, è, ò) and voiceless ( e̊, å, o̊ ).

The apostrophe ( ' ) is a glottal stop, = IPA [ʔ].

'h' and 'x' are voiceless glottal and velar fricatives, same as IPA [h] and [ x ].

š = IPA [ʃ].

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