How to count in Arikara

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Language overview

Arikara is an indigenous language of North America, belonging to the Caddoan languages family. Spoken by the Arikara people in the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota, it counts about twenty speakers.

Arikara numbering rules

  • Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words, namely: áxkux [1], pítkux [2], táwit [3], čiitíʾiš [4], šíhux [5], tšaápis [6], tawišaapiswaána [7], tawišaápis [8], and nooxiniiwaána [9].
  • Tens follow a vicesimal system (based on twenty): nooxíniʾ [10], wiitáʾuʾ [20] (formed on wiitanáʾu, which means man), nasaawíʾuʾ [30], pitkuxunaánuʾ [40] (2*20), pitkuxunaánuʾ na nooxíniʾ [50] (2*20 + 10), tawihkunaánuʾ [60] (3*20), tawihkunaánuʾ na nooxíniʾ [70] (3*20 + 10), čiitiʾištaánuʾ [80] (4*20), and čiitiʾištaanu na nooxíniʾ [90] (4*20 + 10).
  • Compound numbers are formed by linking each number position (tens and units, hundreds and tens, thousands and hundreds…) with the conjunction na (et): čiitiʾištaanu na áxkux [81], šihuxtaánuʾ na pítkux [102].
  • Hundreds are formed by putting the multiplier digit first, then the word for hundred (šihuxtaánuʾ) separated with a space, except for one hundred itself: šihuxtaánuʾ [100], pitkux šihuxtaánuʾ [200], tawit šihuxtaánuʾ [300]… nooxiniiwaána šihuxtaánuʾ [900].
  • Thousands are formed by putting the multiplier digit first, then the word for thousand (nooxininaánuʾ) separated with a space, except for one thousand itself: nooxininaánuʾ [1,000], pitkux nooxininaánuʾ [2,000], tawit nooxininaánuʾ [3,000]… nooxiniiwaána nooxininaánuʾ [9,000].
  • Millions are formed the same way as thousands, i.e. by putting the multiplier digit first, then the word for million (hunaánuʾ) separated with a space, except for one million itself: axku-hunaánuʾ [1 million], pitkux hunaánuʾ [2 millons], tawit hunaánuʾ [3 milions]…

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Numbers list

1 – áxkux
2 – pítkux
3 – táwit
4 – čiitíʾiš
5 – šíhux
6 – tšaápis
7 – tawišaapiswaána
8 – tawišaápis
9 – nooxiniiwaána
10 – nooxíniʾ
11 – nooxini na áxkux
12 – nooxini na pítkux
13 – nooxini na táwit
14 – nooxini na čiitíʾiš
15 – nooxini na šíhux
16 – nooxini na tšaápis
17 – nooxini na tawišaapiswaána
18 – nooxini na tawišaápis
19 – nooxini na nooxiniiwaána
20 – wiitáʾuʾ
30 – nasaawíʾuʾ
40 – pitkuxunaánuʾ
50 – pitkuxunaánuʾ na nooxíniʾ
60 – tawihkunaánuʾ
70 – tawihkunaánuʾ na nooxíniʾ
80 – čiitiʾištaánuʾ
90 – čiitiʾištaanu na nooxíniʾ
100 – šihuxtaánuʾ
1,000 – nooxininaánuʾ
one million – axku-hunaánuʾ

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