Numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal



Learn numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal

Knowing numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal is probably one of the most useful things you can learn to say, write and understand in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal. Learning to count in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal may appeal to you just as a simple curiosity or be something you really need. Perhaps you have planned a trip to a country where Lowland Oaxaca Chontal is the most widely spoken language, and you want to be able to shop and even bargain with a good knowledge of numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal.

It's also useful for guiding you through street numbers. You'll be able to better understand the directions to places and everything expressed in numbers, such as the times when public transportation leaves. Can you think of more reasons to learn numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal?

Lowland Oaxaca Chontal (Huamelultec or Huamelula Chontal) is one of the three Chontal languages, or Tequistlatecan languages, belonging to the Hokan language family. It is spoken on the costal area of Oaxaca, Mexico, and counts about about 1,100 speakers.Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 100 in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

List of numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal

Here is a list of numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal. We have made for you a list with all the numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal from 1 to 20. We have also included the tens up to the number 100, so that you know how to count up to 100 in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal. We also close the list by showing you what the number 1000 looks like in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal.

• 1) ñulyi
• 2) ukwe’
• 3) fane’
• 4) malpu’
• 5) mague’
• 6) k’anchux
• 7) kote’
• 8) malfa’
• 9) penla’
• 10) mbama’
• 11) mbamaj ñulyi
• 12) mbamaj ukwe’
• 13) mbamaj fane’
• 14) mbamaj malpu’
• 15) mbamaj mague’
• 16) mbamaj k’anchux
• 17) mbamaj kote’
• 18) mbamaj malfa’
• 19) mbamaj penla’
• 20) ñuxans
• 30) fane’ jmbama’
• 40) ukwej ñuxans’
• 50) maguej mbama’
• 60) fanej ñuxans’
• 70) fanej ñuxans mbamaj
• 80) malpuj ñuxans
• 90) malpuj ñuxans mbama
• 100) maxñu

Numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal: Lowland Oaxaca Chontal numbering rules

Each culture has specific peculiarities that are expressed in its language and its way of counting. The Lowland Oaxaca Chontal is no exception. If you want to learn numbers in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal you will have to learn a series of rules that we will explain below. If you apply these rules you will soon find that you will be able to count in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal with ease.

The way numbers are formed in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal is easy to understand if you follow the rules explained here. Surprise everyone by counting in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal. Also, learning how to number in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal yourself from these simple rules is very beneficial for your brain, as it forces it to work and stay in shape. Working with numbers and a foreign language like Lowland Oaxaca Chontal at the same time is one of the best ways to train our little gray cells, so let's see what rules you need to apply to number in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal

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Numbers from one to nine are rendered by specific words: ñulyi [1], ukwe’ [2], fane’ [3], malpu’ [4], mague’ [5], k’anchux [6], kote’ [7], malfa’ [8], and penla’ [9].

Tens are formed following a vigesimal system (of base 20): mbama’ [10], ñuxans [20], fane’ jmbama’ [30] (3*10), ukwej ñuxans’ [40] (2*20), maguej mbama’ [50] (5*10), fanej ñuxans’ [60] (3*20), fanej ñuxans mbamaj [70] (3*20+10), malpuj ñuxans [80] (4*20), and malpuj ñuxans mbama [90] (4*20+10).

Compound numbers are formed starting with the ten, followed by the unit separated with a space (e.g.: ñuxans’ ukwe’ [22], mague’ mbamaj malpu [54]) or not (e.g.: fane’ mbamajmague [35], mague’ mbamajukwe [52]).

The word for hundred is maxñu.