Numerals

The numeral system is organized in decades, hundreds, and thousands. It shows affinities with central Algonquian languages, most   particularly with Kickapoo and Sauk-Fox, but also with Miami, Illinois,  Potawatomi, and Menomini. The system below in the main follows Gatschet's careful elicitations, but using Voegelin's phonemic transcription (in my regularized orthography.  Major variants are indicated in the tables, but general  variations are listed in the NOTES following the table.

nekoti

2 times 10, etc.

2 times 100, etc.

1

niishwi

20

niishwaapitaki

200

2

niishenee tepeewe  

nthwi

30

nthwaapitaki

300

3

nthenee tepeewe

niyeewi

40

niyeewaapitaki

400

niyeewene tepeewe

4

niyaalanwi

50

niyaalanwaapitaki

500

5

niyaalanee tepeewe

nekotwa'thwi,   nekotwaathi

60

nekotwaashi

600

nekotwa'thenee tepeewe

6

niishwa'thwi

7

70

niishwaashi

700

niishwa'thenee tepeewe

nthwashikthwi

8

80

nthwaashi

nthwashikthenee tepeewe

800

chakat'thwi

9

90

chaka

900

chakat'thenee tepeewe

meta'thwi

10

100

tepeewi

1000

meta'thenee tepeewe

10 plus 1, etc.

2 10s plus 1, etc.

11

meta'thwi   kitenekoti

21

niishwaapitaki   kitenekoti

2000

niishina meta'thene tepeewe

12

meta'thwi kiteniishwi

22

3000

nthene meta'thene tepeewe

niishwaapitaki   kiteniishwi

4000

niyeewene meta'thene tepeewe

etc.

etc.

5000

niyaalane meta'thene tepeewe

etc.

10,000