How to count in Skolt Sami
Enter a number and get it written in full in Skolt Sami.
Language overview
Skolt Sami (sääˊmǩiõll, or Nuõrttsää’m) belongs to the Uralic family, in the Finno-Ugric group. It is spoken in Finland (in the village of Sevettijärvi) by about 400 speakers.
Skolt Sami numbering rules
- Numbers from zero to ten are specific words: noll [0], õhtt [1], kue’htt (or kuåhht) [2], koumm (or koum, kolmm) [3], nellj [4], viit (or vitt) [5], kutt [6], čiččâm [7], kääu’c [8], ååu’c (or ååhh’c) [9], and lååi (or låå’k) [10].
- From eleven to nineteen, the numbers are formed by suffixing the unit root with a form of the word for ten (-lo from lååi, ten): õtmlo [11], kuâtmlo [12], konmlo [13], nenjmlo [14], vitmlo [15], kutmlo [16], činmlo [17], käcmlo [18], and åcmlo [19].
- The tens are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit root with the root of the word for ten (-lo), with the exception of ten itself: lååi [10], kuâhttlo (or kuåtlõk) [20], koummlc [30], nelljlo [40], vittlo [50], kuttlo [60], čičmlo [70], kä’hcclo [80], and å’hcclo [90]. However, another form exists where the word for ten (lååi) suffixes the multiplier root from thirty and above: koumlååi [30], nelljlååi [40], viitlååi [50], kuttlååi [60], čiččâmlååi [70], kää’hhclååi [80], and åå’hhclååi [90].
- Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, then the digit with no space (e.g.: kuåtlõkkuå’t [22], kuåtlõkčiččâm [27]).
- Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier unit before the word for hundred (čua’tt), separated with a space, with the exception of one hundred itself: čua’tt (čue’tt, čue’đ) [100], kue’htt čua’tt [200], koumm čua’tt [300], nellj čua’tt [400], viit čua’tt [500], kutt čua’tt [600], čiččâm čua’tt [700], kääu’c čua’tt [800], and ååu’c čua’tt [900].
- Thousands are formed by setting the multiplier unit before the word for thousand (tohhât) with no space, with the exception of one thousand itself: dohat (or tohhât) [1,000], kue’httohhât [2,000], koummtohhât [3,000], nelljtohhât [4,000], viittohhât [5,000], kutttohhât [6,000], čiččâmtohhât [7,000], kääu’ctohhât [8,000], and ååu’ctohhât [9,000].
- Millions are formed by setting the multiplier unit before the word for million (miljon) separated with a space: miljon [1 million], kue’htt miljon [2 million], koumm miljon [3 million], nellj miljon [4 million], viit miljon [5 million]…
Books
The Sami People: Traditions in Transitions
by Veli-Pekka Lehtola, editors University of Alaska Press (2005)
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The Skolt Lapps Today
by Tim Ingold, editors Cambridge University Press (1977)
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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 – õhtt 2 – kue’htt 3 – koumm 4 – nellj 5 – viit 6 – kutt 7 – čiččâm 8 – kääu’c 9 – ååu’c | 10 – lååi 11 – õtmlo 12 – kuâtmlo 13 – konmlo 14 – nenjmlo 15 – vitmlo 16 – kutmlo 17 – činmlo 18 – käcmlo | 19 – åcmlo 20 – kuâhttlo 30 – koummlc 40 – nelljlo 50 – vittlo 60 – kuttlo 70 – čičmlo 80 – kä’hcclo 90 – å’hcclo | 100 – čua’tt 1,000 – tohhât one million – õhtt miljon |
Sources
Sami languages
Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Pite Sami, and Skolt Sami.
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