S88 NUMERAL SYSTEMS [ETH, ANN.19 
on fapa ov taa, 4; and cayoa, name for 100, on caayo, or 5. The simi- 
larity of the name for 20—ca//e—in this language and cal or ka/, the 
term for the same number in most of the Mayan dialects, is noticeable, 
though apparently accidental. 
The next numeral system referred to is that of the Mazateca, a tribe 
speaking a dialect of the Zapotecan family. This, if correctly given 
by Francisco Belmar, in his Ligero Estudio sobre Lengua Mazateca,' 
presents one of the most complete examples of the quinary system to 
be found in Mexico or Central America. In order that the formation 
of the names may be more apparent, the list from 1 to 10, which has 
been heretofore given, is repeated here. 
Mazateca 
1 gu. 
2 ho. 
3 ha. 
ni-hu. 
5 “i. 
6 ht. 
7 yi-tu. 
8 hi-i. 
9 fi-ha. 
10 te. 
11 te-n-gu=10-+1. 
12 te-n-ho=10+2. 
3 te-n-ha=10+3. 
14 te-ni-hu=10+4. 
15 te-=10-+5. 
16 te-Q-n-gu=10+5-+-1. 
17 te-ti-n-ho=10+-5-+-2. 
18 te-Q-n-ha=10+-5+3. 
19 te-t1-Ni-hu=10+5-+-4. 
20 ka. 
21 ka-n-gu=20+1. 
22 ka-n-ho=20+2. 
23. ka-n-ha=20+3. 
24 ka-ni-hu=20+4. 
25 ké-f=20-+5. 
26 ka-hu (ka-t1-n-gu)=20+5-+-1. 
27 «<ké-yitu (ké-t-n-ho)=20+-5-+-: 
28 ka-hii (k4-0-n-ha)=20+-5+-3. 
29 ké-nika (ké-t-ni-hu)=2+5+4. 
30 ka-te=20+10. 
31 ké-ne-n-gu=20-+-10-+-1. 
32 kaé-te-n-ho=20+10+2 
33 ké-te-n-ha=20-+-10+-3. 
34 kaé-te-Nihu=20-+-10-+-4. 
35 ké-te-i=20+-10-+5. 
36 kaéte-ht (kate-t-n-gu) =20+4-10+-5-4 
37 kate-yitu (kate-G-n-ho)=204-10+5-+-2. 
38 kaéte-hii (kAte-t-n-ha)=20+-10+-5-+-3. 
39 kate-fiha (kAte-t-Nihu)=20+10+-5-+-4. 

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