Language
name and locationː
Tlingit,
Alaska, USA, Canada
[Refer to
Ethnologue] |
1. tɬʰéːxʼ |
21. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ tɬʰéːxʼ |
2. téːχ |
22. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ téːχ |
3. nʌ́sʼk |
23. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ nʌ́sʼk |
4. taːxʼúːn |
24. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ taːxʼúːn |
5. kʰeːtʃɪ́n (''tʃín'' < hand or arm) |
25. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ kʰeːtʃɪ́n |
6. tɬʰeːtuːʃʊ́ ( + 1 ) |
26. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ tɬʰeːtuːʃʊ́ |
7. tʌχʔʌtuːʃʊ́ ( + 2 ) |
27. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ tʌχʔʌtuːʃʊ́ |
8. nʌsʼkʔʌtuːʃʊ́ ( + 3 ) |
28. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ nʌsʼkʔʌtuːʃʊ́ |
9. kuːʃʊ́q |
29. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ kuːʃʊ́q |
10. tʃɪnkaːt (''in the palm of the hands'') |
30. tɬʰeːqʰáː qʰʌ tʃɪnkaːt / nʌ́sʼk tʃɪnkaːt * |
11. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ tɬʰéːxʼ |
40. téːχ qʰáː ( lit: ''two persons'' ) |
12. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ téːχ |
50. téːχ qʰáː qʰʌ tʃɪnkaːt |
13. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ nʌ́sʼk |
60. nʌ́sʼk qʰáː ( lit: ''three persons'' ) |
14. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ taːxʼúːn |
70. nʌ́sʼk qʰáː qʰʌ tʃɪnkaːt |
15. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ kʰeːtʃɪ́n |
80. taːxʼúːn qʰáː ( lit: ''four persons'' ) |
16. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ tɬʰeːtuːʃʊ́ |
90. taːxʼúːn qʰáː qʰʌ tʃɪnkaːt |
17. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ tʌχʔʌtuːʃʊ́ |
100. hʌ́ntɪt ( < English '' hundred '') |
18. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ nʌsʼkʔʌtuːʃʊ́ |
200. téːχ hʌ́ntɪt |
19. tʃɪnkaːt qʰʌ kuːʃʊ́q |
1000. tʰáːwsʌn ( < English '' thousand '') |
20. tɬʰeːqʰáː ( lit: ''one person'' ) |
2000. téːχ tʰáːwsʌn |
Linguist providing data and dateː
Dr. James A. Crippen,
Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at
Manoa, Hawaii, USA. August 13, 2007. |
Other comments: Tlingit (Lingít, Łingít ) or Thlinget is spoken by approximately 500 fluent speakers out of 10,000 ethnic population in Alaska: Carcross-Tagish inland, Ketchikan south to Yakutat north, United States as well as Canada. Tlingit has two numeral systems, an older quinquevigesimal system and a newer quinquedecimal system. Both systems have numbers from six to ten constructed from the numbers from one to five. Above is the older Tlingit vigesimal system with substructures for numbers 6 to 8. The word ''tʃín'' means ''hand or arm'' and 10 can be translated loosely as ''in the palm of the hands''. Numbers six, seven and eight are derived from one, two, and three. ''-ʔʌtuːʃʊ́'' may be related to '' ʔʌt ʃʊwʊ́'' , means ''its end, its tip'', twenty derived from '' one person''. There is a slightly newer numbers system in use by younger speakers which counts tens instead of twenties. This is certainly derived from the English decimal system. The terms for hundred and thousand are loanwords from English. Phonetic symbolsː [tɬʰ] is an alveolar lateral aspirated affricate; [xʼ] is a velar ejective fricative, [sʼ] is an alveolar ejective fricative; [qʰ] is a uvular aspirated stop. |
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