Counting in Tolowa

Language overview

Forty-two in Tolowa The Tolowa language (Taa-Laa-Wa) is a Pacific Coast Athapaskan language from the Na-Dené language family. It was historically spoken along the Del Norte County coast in the far northwestern corner of California. Officially extinct, it is being revitalized since the sixties and taught in the education system.

Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 100 in Tolowa. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.

Tolowa numbers list

  • 1 – łla’
  • 2 – naaxe
  • 3 – taaxe
  • 4 – dʉnchi
  • 5 – srweela
  • 6 – k’weestąąni
  • 7 – shch’eet’e
  • 8 – laaniisrʉtnaatą
  • 9 – łla’dui
  • 10 – neesan
  • 11 – neesanłla’chaata
  • 12 – neesannaaxechaata
  • 13 – neesantaaxechaata
  • 14 – neesandʉnchichaata
  • 15 – neesansrweela’chaata
  • 16 – neesank’weestąąni­chaata
  • 17 – neesanshch’eete’chaata
  • 18 – neesanlaaniisrʉtnaatą­chaata
  • 19 – neesanłla’duichaata
  • 20 – naatʉnneesan
  • 30 – taatʉnneesan
  • 40 – dinchtʉnneesan
  • 50 – srweela’tʉnneesan
  • 60 – k’weestąąnitʉnneesan
  • 70 – shch’eet’etʉnneesan
  • 80 – laaniisrʉtnaatątʉnneesan
  • 90 – łla’duitʉnneesan
  • 100 – łla’chʉn

Tolowa numbering rules

Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).

  • Digits from one to nine are specific words, namely łla’ [1], naaxe [2], taaxe [3], dʉnchi [4], srweela [5], k’weestąąni [6], shch’eet’e [7], laaniisrʉtnaatą [8], and łla’dui [9].
  • Tens are formed by setting the multiplier digit, the word tʉn (times), and the word for ten (neesan), except for ten itself: neesan [10], naatʉnneesan [20], taatʉnneesan [30], dinchtʉnneesan [40], srweela’tʉnneesan [50], k’weestąąnitʉnneesan [60], shch’eet’etʉnneesan [70], laaniisrʉtnaatątʉnneesan [80], and łla’duitʉnneesan [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, the unit name, and then the suffix chaata (e.g.: neesanshch’eete’chaata [17], taatʉnneesannaaxechaata [32]).
  • Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier digit, the word tʉn (times), and the word for hundred chʉn, except for one hundred itself: łla’chʉn [100], srweela’tʉnłla’chʉn [500] (5*100)…

Write a number in full in Tolowa

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Tolowa. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.

Books

Understanding Tolowa Histories: Western Hegemonies and Native American Responses Understanding Tolowa Histories: Western Hegemonies and Native American Responses
by , editors Routledge (1997)
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Now you’re speaking Tolowa Now you’re speaking Tolowa
by , editors Humboldt State University (1995)
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Tolowa Tribe Tolowa Tribe
by , editors Merryant Pub Inc (1992)
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Source

  • Now you’re speaking Tolowa, by Loren Bommelyn, Ed. Humboldt State University, 1995

Athapaskan languages

Carrier, Dogrib, Hupa, Navajo, Siletz dee-ni, Tlingit, and Tolowa.

Other supported languages

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