Language
name and location:
Kaska,
BC province, Canada [Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. łígéʼ (GH), ałígéʼ (LD) |
2. łúdetʼē (GH), łúgédetʼē (LD) |
3. tādetʼe (GH, LD) |
4. łḗnetʼē (GH), ła᷄netʼē (LD) |
5. łōláʼ (LD, FL, PL) |
6. łōláʼ tsʼɪ̜ʼ nādzisgúh ełígéʼ (LD, FL, PL) (5+1) |
7. łōláʼ tsʼɪ̜ʼ nādzisgúh łígédetʼē (LD, PL) (5+2) |
8. łōláʼ tsʼɪ̜ʼ nādzisgúh tādetʼē (LD, PL) (5+3) |
9. łōláʼ tsʼɪ̜ʼ nādzisgúh ła᷄netʼe (LD, PL) (5+4) |
10. tsésnoʼ (LD, PL) |
11. tsésnoʼ tsʼɪ̜ʼ nādzisgúh ełígéʼ (LD, PL) (10+1) |
20. tsésnoʼ łígédetʼe (LD, PL) (10 x 2) |
30. tsésnoʼ łígédetʼe (LD, PL) (10 x 3) |
40. tsésnoʼ łígédetʼe (LD, PL) (10 x 4) |
50. tsésnoʼ łōláʼ (LD ) (10 x 5) |
100. tsésnoʼ łōláʼ tsésnoʼ łōláʼ (LD ) (10 x 10) |
Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Keren Rice, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto, Toronto. June 15, 2010.
Taken fromː Guzāgi Kʼu᷄gé́ʼ,
Our Language Bookː Nouns Kaska, Mountain Slavery and Sekani. Kaska
Tribal Council 1997. |
Other comments: Kaska (Danezāgé’) or Eastern Nahane, Kaska Dena is a nearby extinct language out of approximately 500 ethnic population in British Columbia province: Dease Lake, Fireside, Good Hope Lake, Lower Post, Muncho Lake; Yukon territory: Lower Post, Ross River, Watson Lake, Canada. Kaska has a decimal system. Kaska is a nearly extinct or extinct Athabaskan language spoken in Good Hope Lakeː a First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Dialectsː GH=Good Hope Lake dialect, FL=Frances Lake dialect, LD=Liard River dialect, PL=Pelly village dialect. Note that the Phonetic transcriptions between IPA and phonetic Americanist ː ł = IPA [ɬ], tsʼ =IPA [tsʼ], a voiceless ejective affricate. Under-hooked vowels are nasal vowelsː a̜, e̜, i̜, o̜ and u̜ = IPA ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ and ũ. |
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