Language name and locationː Bella Coola, BC, province, Canada [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贝拉库拉语, 加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省贝拉库拉河口

1. smaw

21.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ti smaw

2. ɬnus

22.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa ɬnus

3. ʔasmus  *

23.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa ʔasmus

4. mus

24.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa mus

5. cʼixʷ

25.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa cʼixʷ

6. tʼx̩ʷuɬ

26.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa tʼx̩ʷuɬ

7. nus(ʔ)aɬkɬm

27.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa nus(ʔ)aɬkɬm

8. kʼiɬnus    (litː (ten) minus two )

28.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa kʼiɬnus

9. kʼismaw (litː (ten) minus one )

29.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔa kʼismaw

10. cʼklakt

30.  mawlx̩s puƛʼs ʔaɬcʼklakt

11. cʼklakt puƛʼs ti smaw

40.  ɬwaaslx̩s (litː ''two sets of digits'' )

12. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa ɬnus

50.  ɬwaaslx̩s puƛʼs ʔaɬcʼklakt

13. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa ʔasmus

60.  ʔasmuslx̩s (litː ''three sets of digits'' )

14. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa mus

70.  ʔasmuslx̩s puƛʼs ʔaɬcʼklakt

15. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa cʼixʷ

80.  muslx̩s (litː ''four sets of digits'' )

16. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa tʼx̩ʷuɬ

90.  muslx̩s puƛʼs ʔaɬcʼklakt

17. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa nus(ʔ)aɬkɬm

100. cʼxʷlx̩s  (litː ''five sets of digits'' )

18. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa kʼiɬnus

200. ɬnusam cʼxʷlx̩s  

19. cʼklakt puƛʼs ʔa kʼismaw

1000. cʼklaktam cʼxʷlx̩s 

20. mawlx̩s (litː ''one set of digits'' )

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. M. Dale Kinkade, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, March 12, 1990.

提供资料的语言学家: Prof. M. Dale Kinkade, 1990 年 3 月 12 日.

Other comments: Bella Coola or Nuxalk is a moribund language spoken by 11 elderly out of approximately 1,700 ethnic population in British Columbia province: Burke channel head, North Bentinck arm, Bella Coola river mouth, Canada. Bella Coola has a vigesimal system. The cardinal numerals are stative intransitive verbs. They can be employed predicatively as well as attributively. The word ''three'' means ''being next to'', ''four'' mus is a substantive term with cognates in many Salish, Wakashan, and a few other Northwest Coast languages.