$82 NUMERAL SYSTEMS [ETH, ANN. 19 
The four following lists are from R. F. Guardia (Lenguas Indigenas 
Cent. Am. Siglo., pages 101 and 110). The tribes are classed with the 
Chibcha group, a South American stock, but are, or were, located in 
Guatemala and Porto Rico. 

Cabecar Viceyta Lean y Mulia Terrava 
2 2. = 
1 estaba 1 etabageme | 1 pani 1 crara 
2 boctebs 2 buttebd | 2 matiaa 2 crubu 
3 manalegui 8 manac | 3 contias 3 cromia 
4 quetovo 4+ quiet | 4 chiquitia 4 cropquin 
4) exquetegu) 5 exquetegu | 5 cumasopni 5 croshquin | 
6 sehen 6 sehen 6 comasampepani=5-+-1 | 6 cloter 
i Cure, 7 curge 7 comasampematiao=5+2) 7 crococ 
8 (?) 8 (?) | 8 comasampecontiac=5+-3) 8 croquon 
Ss) eh 18) | 9 comasampechigui- 9 croshcap 
| tias=5-+-4 
| 
10 dope 10 dop 10 comassopnas 10 crodobob 
11 quinsho erosa| 
20 ynste 20 ynste 20 comascoapssub 20 zac vbu 






Another list in the last idiom—Terrava—given by Thiel, differs so 
considerably from the preceding that it is given here: 
1 krari. 4 krobking. 7 k6égodeh. 9 schkawdeh. 
2 krowu. 5 kraschking de. § kwongdeh. 10 dwowdeh. 
3 krommish. 6 terdéh. 
II 
NUMBERS ABOVE 10 
Our examination of the number names and the method of counting 
from 10 upward will be contined chiefly to the systems of some of the 
more important civilized tribes of Mexico and Central America, 
and those of other tribes will be alluded to only where occasion may 
call for comparison. 
The first example to be presented is that of the Nahuatl or Aztee 
method of counting, this being selected because it follows strictly 
the quinary-vigesimal system, and presents clearly the characteris- 
tics of that system, and because of its importance. The signification 
of the terms or the equivalents of their parts in figures will be given 
in connection with the list so far as known. 
1Vocabularium der Sprachen der Boruca—Terraba—und Guatuso—Indianer in Costa-Rica, Archiv 
fiir Anth., Band Xvt1, p, 620. 
