Tzotzil:Numbers

[Mol_Bolom]

1. Jun
2. Chib
3. Oxib
4. Chanib
5. Vo'ob
6. Vakib
7. Vukib
8. Vaxakib
9. Baluneb
10. Lajuneb
11. Bulunchib
12. Lajcha'eb
13. Oxlajuneb
14. Chanlajuneb
15. Vo'lajuneb
16. Vaklajuneb
17. Vuklajuneb
18. Vaxaklajuneb
19. Balunlajuneb
20. Jtob

21. Jun scha'vinik
22. Chib scha'vinik
23. Oxib scha'vinik
24. Chanib scha'vinik

30. Lajuneb scha'vinik
31. Bulunchib scha'vinik
32. lajcha'eb scha'vinik
40. Cha'vinik

41. Jun yoxvinik
45. Vo'ob yoxvinik
50. Lajuneb yoxvinik
55. vo'lajuneb yoxvinik
60. Oxvinik

70. Lajuneb schanvinik
80. Chanvinik
90. Lajuneb svo'vinik
100. Vo'vinik
120. Vakvinik
140. Vukvinik
160. Vaxakvinik
180. Balunvinik
200. Lajunvinik
220. Buluchvinik
240. Lajcha'vinik
260. Oxlajunvinik
280. Chanlajunvinik
300. Vo'lajunvinik
320. Vaklajunvinik
340. Vuklajunvinik
360. Vaxaklajunvinik
380. Balunlajunvinik

381. Jun sbok'al
385. Vo'ob sbok'al
390. Lajuneb sbok'al
395. Vo'lajuneb sbok'al
400. Jbok'al

7600. Balunlajunbok'al
7601. Jun spikal
8000. Jpikal
8001. Jun scha'pikal
16000. cha'pikal
16001. Jun yoxpikal
24000. Oxpikal
24001. Jun schanpikal

vinik literally means "man", so cha'vinik means two men, or "the whole second man".
Jun scha'vinik means something like "A digit of the second man", thus 21. chib scha'vinik "Two digits of the second man", 22.

The best way I have come up with describing the counting system of Tsotsil (Trying to change to the more modern spelling) is like so.

There is a single man which has twenty digits, he is one of twenty men of a group, and that group is one of twenty groups.

When you count to twenty, you've counted a whole man.  Go above twenty, and it would be rather odd if a human had more than twenty digits (fingers and toes), thus another person is needed.  Therefore, we are counting the first digit of the second man, then the second digit of the second man, etc, etc until we have counted the whole of the second man, then we add in a third man for counting, then a fourth, then a fifth, etc, etc.

Although, Tsotsil is rather odd in the way they count, it is still fairly similar to the Nahuatl numbers. It is a vegesimal number system based on 20's rather than tens.

[邪悪歌]

this language's number set looks interesting... can you tell us more about the language?

[Mol_Bolom]

Counting/Addition

schiuk = With, Added to, Plus
spas = Makes, does, he/she/it does, he/she/it makes

Fibonacci sequence.

1 + 1 = 2	jun schiuk jun spas chib
1 + 2 = 3	jun schiuk chib spas oxib
2 + 3 = 5	chib schiuk oxib spas vo'ob
3 + 5 = 8	oxib schiuk vo'ob spas vaxakib
5 + 8 = 13	vo'ob schiuk vaxakib spas oxlajuneb
8 + 13 = 21	vaxakib schiuk oxlajuneb spas jun scha'vinik
13 + 21 = 34	oxlajuneb schiuk jun scha'vinik spas chanlajuneb scha'vinik
21 + 34 = 55	jun scha'vinik schiuk chanlajuneb scha'vinik spas vo'lajuneb yoxvinik
34 + 55 = 89	chanlajuneb scha'vinik schiuk vo'lajuneb yoxvinik spas baluneb svo'vinik
55 + 89 = 144	vo'lajuneb yoxvinik schiuk baluneb svo'vinik spas chanib svaxakvinik
89 + 144 = 233	baluneb svo'vinik schiuk chanib svaxakvinik spas oxlajuneb slajcha'vinik
144 + 233 = 377	chanib svaxakvinik schiuk oxlajuneb slajcha'vinik spas vuklajuneb sbalunlajunvinik
233 + 377 = 610	oxlajuneb slajcha'vinik schiuk vuklajuneb sbalunlajunvinik spas lajuneb sbuluch'vinik scha'bok'al