How to count in Comox
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Language overview
The Comox language (Qʾomoχws), also known as K’omoks, is a native american language that belongs to the Salishan languages family, and more specifically to the Coast Salish languages. Spoken by the Comox, Sliammon, Klahoose and Homalhco peoples in Comox, British Columbia, Canada, and in the Toba Inlet and Malaspina Peninsula areas of the British Columbia mainland across Georgia Strait, it counts about 400 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 100 in Comox. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.
Comox numbering rules
- Digits from one to nine are rendered by specific words: paʔa [1], saʔa [2], čɛlas [3], mos [4], θiyɛčɩs [5], t̓əxəm [6], tᶿočɩs [7], taʔačɩs [8], and tɩgiχʷ [9].
- The tens are formed by suffixing the root of the multiplier digit with aɬ šɛ, except for ten, twenty and thirty: opən [10], θamšɛ [20], čɩnuxʷ šɛ [30], mosaɬ šɛ [40], θiyɛčɩsaɬšɛ [50], t̓əχmaɬ šɛ [60], tᶿočɩsaɬ šɛ [70], taʔačɩsaɬ šɛ [80], and tɩgixʷaɬ šɛ [90].
- The teens are formed by stating the word for ten starting with a glottal stop (ʔopən), then the word hekʷ, and the unit digit (e.g.: ʔopən hekʷ paʔa [11], ʔopən hekʷ čɛlas [13]). Other compound numbers are formed by stating the ten, then the word heykʷ and the unit digit (e.g.: θamšɛ heykʷ θiyɛčɩs [25], tᶿočɩsaɬ šɛ heykʷ čɛlɩs [73]).
- One hundred is opən təsɛʔɛč.
Books
The Comox Valley: Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland and Area
by Paula Wild, editors Harbour (2006)
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Sliammon Life, Sliammon Lands
by Dorothy Kennedy, editors Talonbooks (1983)
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Numbers list
| 1 – paʔa 2 – saʔa 3 – čɛlas 4 – mos 5 – θiyɛčɩs 6 – t̓əxəm 7 – tᶿočɩs 8 – taʔačɩs 9 – tɩgiχʷ | 10 – opən 11 – ʔopən hekʷ paʔa 12 – ʔopən hekʷ saʔa 13 – ʔopən hekʷ čɛlas 14 – ʔopən hekʷ mos 15 – ʔopən hekʷ θiyɛčɩs 16 – ʔopən hekʷ t̓əxəm 17 – ʔopən hekʷ tᶿočɩs 18 – ʔopən hekʷ taʔačɩs | 19 – ʔopən hekʷ tɩgiχʷ 20 – θamšɛ 30 – čɩnuxʷ šɛ 40 – mosaɬ šɛ 50 – θiyɛčɩsaɬšɛ 60 – t̓əχmaɬ šɛ 70 – tᶿočɩsaɬ šɛ 80 – taʔačɩsaɬ šɛ 90 – tɩgixʷaɬ šɛ | 100 – opən təsɛʔɛč |
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