How to count in Halkomelem
Enter a number and get it written in full in Halkomelem.
Language overview
The Halkomelem language is a native american language that belongs to the Salishan languages family. It has three different dialects, namely the Upriver dialect (Halq’eméylem) spoken in the Fraser Valley (southwestern British Columbia, Canada) by the Stó:lō people, the Downriver dialect (Hun’qumi’num’) spoken by the people living downriver from Matsqui, including the Musqueam, Katzie, and Tsawassen, and the Island dialect (Hul’q’umín’um’) spoken by the Nanoose, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Cowichan, and Malahat peoples of Vancouver Island. It counts about 200 speakers. We consider here Hul’q’umín’um’, or the Island dialect of Halkomelem.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 199 in Halkomelem. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.
Halkomelem numbering rules
- Digits from one to nine are specific words: nuts’a’ [1], yuse’lu [2], lhihw [3], xu’athun [4], lhq’etsus [5], t’xum [6], tth’a’kwus [7], te’tsus [8], and toohw [9].
- The tens are formed by suffixing the root of the multiplier digit with ulhshe’, except for ten and twenty: ’apun [10], tskw’ush [20], lhuhwulhshe’ [30], xuthunlhshe’ [40], lhq’utssulhshe’ [50], t’xumulhshe’ [60], tth’ukwsulhshe’ [70], tutssulhshe’ [80], and toohwulhshe’ [90].
- Compound numbers are formed by stating the ten, then the expression ’i’ kw’ and the unit digit (e.g.: ’apun ’i’ kw’ nuts’a’ [11], t’xumulhshe’ ’i’ kw’ te’tsus [68]).
- One hundred is nets’uwuts. Compound hundreds are formed by stating the hundred, the ten and the unit, each group linked to the others with the expression ’i’ kw’ (e.g.: nets’uwuts ’i’ kw’ toohw [109], nets’uwuts ’i’ kw’ tskw’ush ’i’ kw’ tth’a’kwus [127]).
Books
Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
by Brent Douglas Galloway, editors University of California Press (2009)
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A Grammar of Upriver Halkomelem
by Brent Douglas Galloway, editors University of California Press (1993)
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Numbers list
| 1 – nuts’a’ 2 – yuse’lu 3 – lhihw 4 – xu’athun 5 – lhq’etsus 6 – t’xum 7 – tth’a’kwus 8 – te’tsus 9 – toohw | 10 – ’apun 11 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ nuts’a’ 12 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ yuse’lu 13 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ lhihw 14 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ xu’athun 15 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ lhq’etsus 16 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ t’xum 17 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ tth’a’kwus 18 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ te’tsus | 19 – ’apun ’i’ kw’ toohw 20 – tskw’ush 30 – lhuhwulhshe’ 40 – xuthunlhshe’ 50 – lhq’utssulhshe’ 60 – t’xumulhshe’ 70 – tth’ukwsulhshe’ 80 – tutssulhshe’ 90 – toohwulhshe’ | 100 – nets’uwuts |
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