NUMERAL SYSTEMS 
Zapotecan family * 

Zapotec? 
Mixtec® 
(ETH. ANN.19 
Chuchon* (or Chocha) 

9 
10 

1To conform to the rule proposed by Major Powell, wh 
single term terminating with an in forming family names, this family will be called the Zapotecan. 
tobi, tubi, or chaga 
topa, tiopa, or cato 
chona, or cayo 
tapa, or taa 
caayo, gayo, orgoyo 
xopa, or goxopa 
caache, gaache or 
gooche 
xoono, xono, or 
goxono 
caa, or gaa 
chii, or gochii 

ao - w to 
a 
bt | 
8 
9 
10 
11 
ec (ce?) or ek 
wui, uvui, or uhui 
uni 
gmi, or kmi 
hoho 
ino 

ucha 
una 
ce 
usi 
usi-ce 
ngu 
2 yuu-rina,® or yuu 
3 ni-rina, or nyi 
4 nuu-rina, or fuu 
5 nau-rina, or nau 
6 njau-rina, or nhau 
7 yaatu-rina, or 
yaatu 
8 nh-rina, or nhi 
vo} 
naa-rina, or naa 
te-rina, or te 

2Cordoya, Arte del Idioma Zapoteco (reprint), p. 176, and Vocab. Castellano-Zapoteco. 
8Charencey, Mélanges, p. 44. 
4N. Leon, Introd. to Cordova, Arte del Idioma Zapoteco, p. 1xxii. 
5 Leon says that rina appears to be a sign of the numeral adjective. This is merely a subdialect of 

ich has been generally accepted, to use a 


the Chuchon, 
Popoloca! (of Oaxaca) Trike? | Mazateca® 
1 gou, or ngu 1 ngo 1 gu 
2 yuu 2 nghui 2 hé 
3 nii, or nyi 3 guandanha 38 ha 
4 noo, or nuu 4 kaha 4 ni-kti 
5 nag-hou, or nau 5 huhtha 5 ut 
6 tja, or nhau 6 guatinka 6 ht 
7 yaata, or yaatu 7 chiha 7 yi-tu 
8 gnii, or nhi 8 tonha 8 hi-i 
9 na, or naa 9 htinha 9 fi-ha 
10 tie, or te 10 chia 10 te 
20 kaa 11 chainha 20 ka 
12 chuuiha 
20 hikoo, or kooha 



1N. Leon, Introd. to Cordova Arte del Idioma Zapoteco, p. 1xxii. 
zateca, p.43 (under the name Chocha). 
2 Belmar, Ensayo sobre la Lengua Trike, 1897, p. 10. 
8 Belmar, Lengua Mazateca, p. 40. 
Francisco Belmar, Lengua Ma- 

