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Revision as of 23:05, 28 May 2022 by Vincent (talk | contribs) (Created page with "NUMBERS The numeral system is of the vigesimal type (base 20), but the Yaquis have become accustomed to using Spanish numbers beyond 6. Note the borrowing of 1000 from this language. {| class="wikitable" |1 |seenu | |- |2 |woi | |- |3 |vahi | |- |4 |naiki | |- |5 |mamni | |- |6 |vusani | |- |7 |wovusani | |- |8 |wohnaiki | |- |9 |vatani | |- |10 |wohmamni |(2x5) |- |11 |wohmamni ama senu | |- |12 |wohmamni ama woi | |- |13 |wohmamni ama vahi | |- |14 |wohmamni ama naik...")
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NUMBERS
The numeral system is of the vigesimal type (base 20), but the Yaquis have become accustomed to using Spanish numbers beyond 6. Note the borrowing of 1000 from this language.
| 1 | seenu | |
| 2 | woi | |
| 3 | vahi | |
| 4 | naiki | |
| 5 | mamni | |
| 6 | vusani | |
| 7 | wovusani | |
| 8 | wohnaiki | |
| 9 | vatani | |
| 10 | wohmamni | (2x5) |
| 11 | wohmamni ama senu | |
| 12 | wohmamni ama woi | |
| 13 | wohmamni ama vahi | |
| 14 | wohmamni ama naiki | |
| 15 | wohmamni ama mamni | |
| 16 | wohmamni ama vusani | |
| 17 | wohmamni ama wovusani | |
| 18 | wohmamni ama wohnaiki | |
| 19 | wohmamni ama vatani | |
| 20 | senu taka | |
| 21 | senu taka ama senu | |
| 30 | senu taka ama wohmamni | (20+10) |
| 40 | woi taka | (2x20) |
| 50 | woi taka ama wohmamni | (2x20+10) |
| 60 | vahi taka | |
| 70 | vahi taka ama wohmamni | |
| 80 | naiki taka | |
| 90 | naiki taka ama wohmamni | |
| 100 | mamni taka | |
| 1000 | miil |