Language name and locationː Otomi, Mexico [Refer to: Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 奥托米语( State of México),  墨西哥

1. ʔna

21.   ʔnɔhte ma ʔna

2. yoho

22.   ʔnɔhte ma yoho

3. hñũ   

23.   ʔnɔhte ma hñũ

4. ɡoho

24.   ʔnɔhte ma ɡoho

5. kɨtʔa

25.   ʔnɔhte ma kɨtʔa

6. ʔdahto

26.   ʔnɔhte ma ʔdahto

7. yohto     ( 5 + 2 )

27.   ʔnɔhte ma yohto

8. hñãhto ( lit: 'one eight' )

28.   ʔnɔhte ma hñãhto

9. ɡɨhto

29.   ʔnɔhte ma ɡɨhto

10. ʔdætʔa

30.   ʔnɔhte ʔnẽ ʔdætʔa

11. ʔdætʔa ma ʔna

40.   yohte ( 2 x 'te' )

12. ʔdætʔa ma yoho

50.   yohte ʔnẽ ʔdætʔa

13. ʔdætʔa ma hñũ

60.   hñũhte  ( 3 x 'te' )

14. ʔdætʔa ma ɡoho

70.   hñũhte ʔnẽ ʔdætʔa

15. ʔdætʔa ma kɨtʔa

80.   ɡɨhte ( 4 x 'te' )

16. ʔdætʔa ma ʔdahto

90.   ɡɨhte  ʔnẽ ʔdætʔa

17. ʔdætʔa ma yohto

100.  siento  ( < Spanish )

18. ʔdætʔa ma hñãhto

200.  dos sientos

19. ʔdætʔa ma ɡɨhto

1000. mil  ( < Spanish )

20. ʔnɔhte

2000. dos mil 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Doris Bartholomew, 21 November, 2008

SIL International, Mexico

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Doris Bartholomew, 2008 年 11 月 21 日

Other comments: Otomi of the State of México has vigesimal numeral system and

the number 20 (all digits of hands and feet) serves as a base for larger numbers:

20+ 10=30, 2 x 20=40, 40+10=50, 3 x 20=60, etc. 5 x 20=100, but they use Spanish for higher numbers. There were numbers for 20 x 20=400, and 20 x 400=8,000. Such number systems were recorded in the 16^th and 17^th centuries.

Some languages used the number 15 as a base, adding l,2,3,4 until reaching 20;

those systems have 2x15=30, etc.

Note that the traditional American phonetic notationsː

1. ñ = IPA [ɲ]; 2 y = IPA [j]. Otomi is tonal language.