| Cahuilla |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cupeño |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Luiseño |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Serrano |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kitanemuk |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kawaiisu |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Timbisha |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Western Mono |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Chemehuevi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Southern Paiute |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Southern Ute |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Shoshone |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Comanche |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Idaho Shoshone |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Northern Paiute |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Gabrielino |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Achagua |
yes |
|
Wilson & Levinsohn 1992 |
|
|
|
| Resígaro |
yes |
The word for "five" is basic, but 6-9 ais along the lines of "from the other hand, one/two etc." |
Allin, 1976: 237 |
|
|
|
| Bare |
no |
|
Aikhenvald, 1995: 21 |
|
|
|
| Piapoco |
yes |
Numbers above four are expressed via something along the lines of "one of our hands." |
Galindo, 2002: 190-191 |
|
|
|
| Yukuna |
no |
|
Shauer & Shauer, 1978: 49-50 |
|
|
|
| Yavitero |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Wapishana |
yes |
"whole hand" |
Santos, 2006: 197-201 |
|
|
|
| Wayuu |
no |
|
Captain, 2005 (numerals database) |
|
|
|
| Tariana |
yes |
Numerals from five to ten are based on the word for hand, plus the relevant number of "fingers." |
Aikhenvald, 2003: 218 |
|
|
|
| Apurinã |
no |
|
Facundes, 2000: 359 |
|
|
|
| Asheninka Apurucayali |
no |
|
Payne 1981; Payne 1982; Payne 1983 |
|
|
|
| Maipure |
no info |
|
Zamponi 2003:31-32, 46 |
|
|
|
| Yanesha' |
no info |
|
Duff-Tripp |
|
|
|
| Kinikinau |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Baure |
no |
|
Danielsen 2007:158 |
|
|
|
| Nanti |
no |
|
Michael, 2008. p. 311-312 |
|
|
|
| Paresi |
no info |
|
Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 |
|
|
|
| Palikur |
no |
|
Green and green 1972:66 |
|
|
|
| Yine |
no |
|
Wise 1986:593 |
|
|
|
| Añun |
no |
|
Patte 1989 |
|
|
|
| Bora |
yes |
|
Seifart - 2005:130-131 |
|
|
|
| Makiritare |
yes |
5 = one hand, 10 = both hands |
Hall 1988: 303; Escoriaza 1959:13 |
|
|
|
| Makushi |
no |
|
Carson 1982: 70 |
|
|
|
| Eñepa |
yes |
|
Payne 2012:145-149 |
|
|
|
| Pemon |
yes |
"A hand" is used for 5 and a "hand with a finger is 6 |
de Armellada 1999: 66, 67 |
|
|
|
| Guna |
no |
|
Smith texts |
|
|
|
| Naso |
no |
|
Quesada 2000 |
|
|
|
| Ika |
no |
|
Frank 1990:27 |
|
|
|
| Kogi |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cabecar |
yes |
|
Bertoglia 1983:4-5 |
|
|
|
| Guaymí |
no |
|
Quesada 2008:91 |
|
|
|
| Damana |
no |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sikuani |
yes |
|
Queixalós 1988 |
|
|
|
| Macaguan |
no info |
|
Buenaventura - 1993 |
|
|
|
| Aguaruna |
yes |
|
Overall 2007:163 |
|
|
|
| Northern Emberá |
yes |
|
Aguirre 1999:83 |
|
Chamí |
|
| Waorani |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ingá |
no |
|
Levinson 1974:40 |
|
|
|
| Matses |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mapudungun |
no |
|
Zúñiga 2006, p. 189 |
|
|
|
| Páez |
yes |
|
Jung:133 |
|
|
|
| Quechua Ayacuchano |
no |
|
Parker 1965:35 |
|
|
|
| Tikuna |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urarina |
no |
|
Olawsky:277-8 |
|
|
|
| Waunana |
yes |
|
Loewen 1954:97-98 |
|
|
|
| Andoke |
yes |
up to 20 |
Landaburu 1979: 137 |
|
|
|
| Puinave |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Central Aymara |
yes |
|
Huayhua Pari 2001: 212 |
|
|
|
| Kakua |
yes |
|
Bolaños fieldnotes |
|
|
|
| Kaingang |
no info |
|
Goncalves 2011:294 |
|
|
|
| Minica Witoto |
no info |
|
Minor and Minor 1982 |
|
|
|
| Hup |
yes |
|
Epps 2008 |
|
|
|
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect |
no |
|
Weir 1984 |
|
|
|
| Dâw |
no |
|
Martins 2004 |
|
|
|
| Desano |
yes |
Desano speakers use a quintenary system. |
Miller 1999, p. 46 |
Most Desanos now use the Spanish numbering system after the number 'four' |
|
|
| Cubeo |
yes |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kotiria |
yes |
|
Stenzel 2004, p. 190 |
|
|
|
| Makuna |
yes |
base-5 until 20 (then x20) |
Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.39 |
|
hɨa- 'two' and hɨa-ria 'two-plural' |
|
| Koreguaje |
yes |
|
Cook & Criswell 1993, p.43 |
|
|
|
| Barasano |
yes |
The Barasana count by fingers and toes, and eventually by people. |
Jones & Jones 1991, p.36 |
|
koho-bõ-kõ-ro(one-hand-count-NOM) |
|
| Tanimuca |
yes |
The number system is base five until the number twenty. |
Strom 1992, p.50 |
|
|
|
| Siona |
yes |
10 and under is a finger-counting system that is base-5. |
Wheeler - 1970:79; Wheeler - 1987:119 |
|
|
|
| Tukano |
yes |
|
West and Welch 2004: 64 |
|
|
|
| Yanomami |
no |
|
Mattei-Muller 2007 |
|
|
|
| Ninam |
no |
|
Migliazza 1972, IDS list |
|
|
|
| Sanumá |
no |
|
Migliazza 1972 |
|
|
|
| Surui |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Karitiana |
yes |
|
Everett 2006:315-7 |
|
|
|
| Nheengatu |
yes |
|
Cruz 2011:262 |
|
|
|
| Paraguayan Guaraní |
no |
|
Ayala 1996:103-4 |
|
|
|
| Aché |
no info |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kokama |
no |
|
Vallejos 2010:264 |
|
|
|
| Nyangumarta |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Jingulu |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Wambaya |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Bunuba |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Walmajarri |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Nyulnyul |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Warrwa |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Worrorra |
no |
|
ms9.1 |
|
|
0 |
| Garrwa |
no |
|
12 |
|
|
0 |
| Gooniyandi |
yes |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Warlpiri |
no |
|
LG158-9 |
|
|
0 |
| Bardi |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Yugambeh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yorta Yorta |
no |
|
82 |
|
|
0 |
| Yir Yoront |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yindjibarndi |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Yidiny |
yes |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Yanyuwa |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Yandruwandha |
no |
|
Breen dictionary |
|
|
0 |
| Yan-nhangu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yalarnnga |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Woiwurrung |
no |
|
96 |
|
|
0 |
| Wirangu |
yes |
|
70 |
|
|
1 |
| Wemba-Wemba |
no |
|
H Dictionary 23 |
|
|
0 |
| Warumungu |
No |
|
27 |
|
|
0 |
| Wangkumara |
no info |
|
|
|
|
X |
| Uradhi |
No |
|
424 |
|
|
0 |
| Paakantyi |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Pitta-Pitta |
No |
|
238 |
|
|
0 |
| Pintupi |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Nyungar |
no |
|
d50 |
|
|
0 |
| Nhanta |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Ngiyambaa |
no |
|
73 |
|
|
0 |
| Ngayawang |
No |
|
10 |
|
|
0 |
| Muruwari |
yes? |
|
83-4 |
|
|
1 |
| Mpakwithi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mayi-Yapi |
No |
|
198 |
|
|
0 |
| Martuthunira |
no |
|
190 |
|
|
0 |
| Marrgany |
No |
|
371 |
|
|
0 |
| Kuuk Thaayorre |
No |
|
85 |
|
|
0 |
| Kuku Yalanji |
no |
|
65 |
|
|
0 |
| Kugu-Nganhcara |
No |
|
477 |
|
|
0 |
| Kaurna |
No |
|
20 wordlist |
|
|
0 |
| Kalkatungu |
no |
|
192 |
|
|
0 |
| Jaru |
no |
|
52 |
|
|
0 |
| Guugu-Yimidhirr |
No |
|
176 |
|
|
0 |
| Gureng Gureng |
no |
|
38, 65 |
|
|
0 |
| Gupapuyngu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gumbaynggirr |
no |
|
277 |
|
|
0 |
| Gugu-Badhun |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Yuwaalaraay |
No |
|
155 |
|
|
0 |
| Dyirbal |
No |
|
240 |
|
|
0 |
| Duungidjawu |
no |
|
40 |
|
|
0 |
| Djinang |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Djabugay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Diyari |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Dharuk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dharawal |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Darkinyung |
no |
|
130 |
|
|
0 |
| Bularnu |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Biri |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Bidjara-Gungabula |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Batyala |
No |
|
209 |
|
|
0 |
| Arabana |
no |
|
103-4 |
|
|
0 |
| Alyawarr |
no |
|
159 |
|
|
0 |
| Nyikina |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Yawuru |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ngarinyin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yulparija |
No |
|
65 |
|
|
0 |
| Wathawurrung |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Mathi-Mathi |
no |
|
73 |
|
|
0 |
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie |
no |
|
151 |
|
|
0 |
| Thanggati |
no |
|
40 |
|
|
0 |
| Katthang |
no |
|
72 |
|
|
0 |
| Panyjima |
no |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| Ngarinyeri |
No |
|
22 |
|
|
0 |
| Kurrama |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Yingkarta |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Githabul |
No |
|
33 |
|
|
0 |
| Gunya |
No |
|
371 |
|
|
0 |
| Kunjen |
No info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| WesternTorres |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Wakaya |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Yindjilindji |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Bandjalang |
yes |
|
200 |
|
|
1 |
| Ngaatjatjara |
No |
|
151 |
|
|
0 |
| Arrernte |
No |
|
81 |
|
|
0 |
| Kokatha |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Karajarri |
No |
|
304 |
|
|
0 |
| Pitjantjatjara |
No |
|
G 92 |
|
|
0 |
| Ritharrngu |
No |
|
246 |
|
|
0 |
| Warrgamay |
No |
|
131 |
|
|
0 |
| Warluwarra |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Warnman |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Djapu |
no |
|
176 |
|
|
0 |
| Bilinarra |
no info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Wiradjuri |
no |
|
26 |
|
|
0 |
| Aghu-Tharnggala |
No |
|
159 |
|
|
0 |
| Narungga |
No info |
|
|
|
|
x |
| Tharrkari |
No |
|
18 |
|
|
0 |
| Wajarri |
No info |
|
36 |
|
|
x |
| Warungu |
no |
|
159 |
|
|
0 |
| Adnyamathanha |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yagua |
no info |
|
Payne and Payne 1990 |
|
|
|
| Baniwa |
yes |
|
Ramirez 2001 |
|
|
|
