How to count in Pite Sami

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Language overview

Pite Sami (Bidumsámegiella), also known as Arjeplog Sami, belongs to the Uralic family, in the Finno-Ugric group. It is spoken in Sweden along the Pite River by about about 20 speakers.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 9,999 in Pite Sami. Please contact us if you can help us counting up from that limit.

Pite Sami numbering rules

Numbers from one to ten are specific words: ákkta [1], guäkkte [2], gålbmå [3], nällje [4], vihta [5], guhta [6], gietjav [7], gákktse [8], åkktse [9], and lågev [10].
From eleven to nineteen, the numbers are formed by prefixing the unit with a form of the word for ten (lågenaldne from lågev, ten): lågenaldneakttá [11], lågenaldneguäktte [12], lågenaldnegålbmå [13], lågenaldnenäl’jje [14], lågenaldnevihtta [15], lågenaldneguhta [16], lågenaldnegietjav [17], lågenaldnegákttse [18], and lågenaldneåkttse [19]. They can also be formed prefixing another form of the word for ten (lågenan) with the unit: akttálågenan [11], guokttelågenan [12], gålbmålågenan [13], näl’jjelågenan [14], vihttalågenan [15], guhtalågenan [16], gietjavlågenan [17], gákttselågenan [18], and åkttselågenan [19].
The tens are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit with the word for ten (lågev), with the exception of ten itself: lågev [10], guokttelågev [20], gålbmålågev [30], nälljelågev [40], vihttalågev [50], guhtalågev [60], gietjavlågev [70], gákttselågev [80], and åkttselågev [90].
Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, then the digit with no space (e.g.: guokttelågevguoktte [22], nälljelågevguhtta [46]).
Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier unit before the word for hundred (tjuohte), separated with a space, with the exception of one hundred itself: tjuohte [100], guoktte tjuohte [200], gålbmå tjuohte [300], nällje tjuohte [400], vihtta tjuohte [500], guhta tjuohte [600], gietjav tjuohte [700], gákktse tjuohte [800], and åkktse tjuohte [900].
Thousands are formed by setting the multiplier unit before the word for thousand (tuvsán) separated with a space, with the exception of one thousand itself: tuvsán [1,000], guoktte tuvsán [2,000], gålbmå tuvsán [3,000], nällje tuvsán [4,000], vihtta tuvsán [5,000], guhta tuvsán [6,000], gietjav tuvsán [7,000], gákktse tuvsán [8,000], and åkktse tuvsán [9,000].

The Sami People: Traditions in Transitions
by Veli-Pekka Lehtola, editors University of Alaska Press (2005)
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Parlons Lapon : Les Sames, langue et culture
by Jocelyne Fernandez-Vest, editors L’Harmattan (1997)
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Numbers list

1 – akttá
2 – guoktte
3 – gålbmå
4 – nällje
5 – vihtta
6 – guhtta
7 – gietjav
8 – gákttse
9 – åkktse

10 – lågev
11 – lågenaldneakttá
12 – lågenaldneguäktte
13 – lågenaldnegålbmå
14 – lågenaldnenäl’jje
15 – lågenaldnevihtta
16 – lågenaldneguhta
17 – lågenaldnegietjav
18 – lågenaldnegákttse

19 – lågenaldneåkttse
20 – guokttelågev
30 – gålbmålågev
40 – nälljelågev
50 – vihttalågev
60 – guhtalågev
70 – gietjavlågev
80 – gákttselågev
90 – åkttselågev

100 – tjuohte
1,000 – tuvsán

Sources

Sami numbers (Omniglot)

Sami languages

Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Pite Sami, and Skolt Sami.

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