WikiLang/Mi'kmaq Counting

WikiLang pages Mi'kmaq language uses a decimal numeral system and uses the arab numbers as numeric symbols, the same way English and French do. Numbers take different endings depending if the things being counted are animate or inanimate. For 1 to 5, the endings are generally "-ijik" for animate and "-kl" for inanimate, while for 6 to 10, the word "te'sijik" is added for animate and the word "te'sɨkl" for inanimate (see the first table below). Unless otherwise indicated, the numbers shown below are the roots without those endings. This page uses the Francis-Smith orthography (see Mi'kmaq Orthographies for more details). Firstly, the roots for numbers 0 to 9 are shown in the table below. The complete forms for animate and inanimate are also included. # Root Animate Inanimate0 mu koqoey mu koqoey mu koqoey1 ne'wt newte'jit newte'2 ta'pu tapusijik tapu'kl3 ne'sist ne'sijik ne'siskl4 ne'w newijik newkl5 na'n nanijik nankl6 asukom asukom te'sijik asukom te'sɨkl7 l'uiknek l'uiknek te'sijik l'uiknek te'sɨkl8 ukmuljin ukmuljin te'sijik ukmuljin te'sɨkl9 pesqunatek pesqunatek te'sijik pesqunatek te'sɨkl For the tens, the ending "-iska'q" is added to the root from the table above for 10s to 50s while the word "te'siska'q" is added after the root from the table above for 60s to 90s as shown in the table below. Note that ten (10) is an exception where the word mtln is traditionnaly more used instead of newtiska'q, but both are correct. # Mi'kmaq word10 mtln or newtiska'q20 tapuiska'q30 nesiska'q40 newiska'q50 naniska'q60 asukom te'iska'q70 l'uiknek te'iska'q80 ukmuljin te'iska'q90 pesqunatek te'iska'q For the numbers between the tens, the word "jel" and the root of the first table are added. The table below only shows 10 to 19, but the same can be applied for all other numbers up to 99. For example, 21 is "tapuiska'q jel ne'wt" and 62 is "asukom te'iska'q jel ta'pu". # Mi'kmaq word10 mtln or newtiska'q11 newtiska'q jel ne'wt12 newtiska'q jel ta'pu13 newiska'q jel si'st14 newtiska'q jel ne'w15 newtiska'q jel na'n16 newtiska'q jel asukom17 newtiska'q jel l'uiknek18 newtiska'q jel ukumuljin19 newtiska'q jel pesqunatek The word for hundred (100) is "kaskimtlnaqn". For number between 100 and 199, the words "te'iska'q jel" and the number are added after "kaskimtlnaqn". For example, 102 is "kaskimtlnaqn te'iska'q jel ta'pu". For the 200s to 900s, the number of the hundreds is added before the word "kaskimtlnaqn". For example, 200 is "ta'pu kaskimtlnaqn". The same rule is followed for number between hundreds up to 999. For example, 405 is "ne'w kaskimtlnaqn te'iska'q jel na'n". The word for thousand (1000) is "pituimtlnaqn" and the one for ten thousand (10,000) is "pituimtlnaqnepikatun". The same rule apply for thousands and ten thousands than the above rule for hundreds. For example, 1001 is "pituimtlnaqn te'sika'q jel ne'wt" and 10,001 is "pituimtlnaqnepikatun te'sika'q jel ne'wt". Note that "mtln te's" is also used to 10,000. The word for one million is "kji-pituimtlnaqn". Portal WikiLang/Mi'kmaq Portal Counting