Language name and locationː Ch'orti', Guatemala, Honduras [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 乔尔蒂语, 厄地马拉东部奇基穆拉省, 萨卡帕省及洪都拉斯境内

1. in /in/

21.  in ucha’k’ar /in učaʔk’ar/

2. cha’ /čaʔ/

22.  

3. ux /uš/

23.   

4. chan /čan/

24.  

5. jo’ /xoʔ/ (5 up Spanish numerals)

25.   

6. wak /wak/

26.   

7.  uk /uk/

27.   

8.  waxik /wašik/

28.   

9.  b’orom /b’orom/

29.  

10. la’in /laʔin/

30.  

11. in la’in /in laʔin/

40.  cha’k’ar /čaʔk’ar/ ( 2 x 20 )

12. cha’ la’in /čaʔ laʔin/

50.  

13. ux la’in /uš laʔin/

60.  uxk’ar /ušk’ar/

14. chan la’in /čan laʔin/

70.  la’in uchank’ar /laʔin učank’ar/

15. jo’ la’in /xoʔ laʔin/

80.  chank’ar~chajk’ar /čank’ar/~/čaxk’ar/

16. wak la’in /wak laʔin/

90.  la’in ujo’k’ar /laʔin uxoʔk’ar/

17. uk la’in /uk laʔin/

100. jo’k’ar /xoʔk’ar/ ( 5 x 20 )

18. waxik la’in /wašik laʔin/

200. la’in k’ar /laʔin k’ar/ ( 10 x 20 )     

19. b’orom la’in /b’orom laʔin/

1000. 

20.  ink’ar /ink’ar/

2000. 

Linguists providing data and dateː Dr. Robin Quizar, Linguistics Program, Department of English, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Emerita, USA, January 25, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Robin Quizar, 2020 年 1 月 25 日 .

Other comments: Ch’orti’ or Chortiꞌ is spoken by approximately 16,700 speakers out of

112,000 ethnic population in Guatemala: Chiquimula and Zacapa departments; eastern border with Honduras, as well as Honduras. Ch’orti’(Mayan), Jocotán, has a vigesimal system. (numerals 1-4 obtained through elicitation 1975-77; all other numbers are from materials published by the Proyecto Lingüístico Francisco Marroquín (PLFM), Antigua,Guatemala, 2007 and the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG); Area Ch’orti’, 2009-2012. 

When I was in the Ch'orti' area, I worked with 12 speakers. They told me that the numeral system only went up to 4, the remainder being Spanish numerals. Therefore, I can only vouch for 1-4. However, pedagogical materials have more numerals in Ch'orti', but they may be invented by modern speakers. I gave you all that I have, but I'm quite sure that the number 21 is wrong (it is based on 10, not on 20). The system seems otherwise okay.