Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas.

  • Cyrus Thomas
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America / by Cyrus Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tho live following lists from California dialects detained and fur- nished by Prof. W J McGee are inserted here as the most appropriate place to introduce them: Hai'it dialect ’ I \vuk'-te. 4 tsoo'-ik. 7 t;i-poo'-ik. 10 ma''-tsani. 2 pen. 5 ina'-wiik. 8 jten'-tsoo-ik. 20 pen'-i-ma-team. shti-poo^-i. 6 tbin-bak'. 9 (lacking). Mi'wiik dialect 1 keng'-e. 4 o'-yee-sa. 7 ka-nek'-kii-koo. 10 na''-a-chii. 2 o-tee'-ko. 5 ina'-sho-kii. 8 k;i'-wln-t:i. 20 nii'-ii. 3 to-long'-ko-shoo. 6 tem'-o-kil. 9 woo'-e. 30 na'-a-na-ii-cha. Yet'tripih {Tulare)-dialect® I ySik. 4 hiit-pan^-ik. 7 niim'-cheet. 10 tree'-o. 2 bong'-oy. 5 hit-shln-ik. 8 mdn'-iic. 20 Vj6ng'-5y-tree-o. 3 shti'-pln. 6 chii-da-pe. 9 niin-eej). 30 shti'-pln-tree-o. Tdtdtl {Kern River) dialect* I dilch. 4 nii'-now. 7 niini'-tsin. 10 iim-hai-tsing. 2 wo. 5 ma'-ee-tslng. 8 nup'-n-sing. 20 woin'-m-hai-tslng. 3 pai. 6 niip^-ai. 9 la'-ii-kee. 30 pai'-m-mai-tslng. Maricopa dialect^ 1 shan-tee. 3 ka'-niok. 5 sO-rup. 2 ku-wik. 4 shuin-pu]). Three other lists from California dialects, two collected by Stephen Powers and one from Major J. W. Powell’s Comparative Vocabularies (Contributions to North American Ethnology, vol. iii) are added here. One of these—the Konkau—appears to be substantially the same as the Haiit of Professor McGee’s lists. Konkau a Nishinama Nakumft 1 wuk-teh 1 wut-teh 1 chut 2 pe-niin 2 pen 2 penneh 3 sha-pwi 3 sa-pwi 3 cha-pwi 4 ch’u-yeh 4 chui, or chuch 4 chui j 5 nia-cha-neh 5 inauk 5 nia-wuk ‘ 10 ina-cho-ko 10 ina-chuin 10 nia-auk (I Powers, Coiitrib. to N. A. Etli., vol. iii, p. 313. fi Powell, Comp. Vocab., ibid., pp. 594-.i9(i. ' Obtained at Nevada, California, October 3, 1898, and verified at Forest Hill and Colfax. ■- Obtained near Jamestown, California, October 18, 1898. Obtained at Tule River agency, October 2.5, 1898. ■I Obtained at Tule River agency. October 2.5, 1898. ‘■> Obtained at Ashfork, Arizona, from girl en route to San Diego, California.
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