How to count in Lachixío Zapotec

Enter a number and read it spelled out in Lachixío Zapotec.

Language overview

Lachixío Zapotec is a Zapotecan language from the Oto-Manguean languages family spoken in West Oaxaca, east Sola de Vega, Santa Marma María Lachixío and San Vicente Lachixío towns, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, by about 6,500 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 999 in Lachixío Zapotec. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.

Lachixío Zapotec numbering rules

  • Digits from one to nine are specific words: tucu [1], chiucu [2], chuna [3], tacu [4], ayu’ [5], xu’cu [6], achi [7], xunu [8], and quie’ [9].
  • Lachixío Zapotec uses the vigesimal system, hence the tens are formed on the words for ten and twenty, namely: chi’i [10], ala [20], ala llichi’i [30] (20+10), chiu’a [40], chiu’a nu’ chi’i [50] (40+10), ayuna [60], ayuna nu’ chi’i [70] (60+10), tacu nu’ ala [80] (4*20), and chuna ala lli chi’i [90] (3 * (20+10)).
  • When composed with a digit, numbers from eleven to ninety-nine are formed by saying the ten then the digit separated with a space (e.g.: ala ayu’ [25], chiu’a nu’ chi’i achi [57]).
  • Hundreds are formed by saying the multiplier digit before the word for hundred (ayu’u): tucu ayu’u [100], chiucu ayu’u [200], chuna ayu’u [300]… We can note here again the vigesimal system in use: as ayu’u is formed on ayu’ (five), it can be read as the contraction of five times twenty.

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Numbers list

1 – tucu
2 – chiucu
3 – chuna
4 – tacu
5 – ayu’
6 – xu’cu
7 – achi
8 – xunu
9 – quie’
10 – chi’i
11 – chi’i tucu
12 – chi’i chiucu
13 – chi’i chuna
14 – chi’i tacu
15 – chi’i ayu’
16 – chi’i xu’cu
17 – chi’i achi
18 – chi’i xunu
19 – chi’i quie’
20 – ala
30 – ala llichi’i
40 – chiu’a
50 – chiu’a nu’ chi’i
60 – ayuna
70 – ayuna nu’ chi’i
80 – tacu nu’ ala
90 – chuna ala lli chi’i
100 – tucu ayu’u

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