MAZATEC NUMERALS S59 
THOMAS] 
40 yi-cha=2> 20. 
41° yicha-ngu=40+1. 
So to 45. 
46 yicha-hti (yicha-t-ngu)=40-+5+1. 
So to 49. 
50 yichite (or ichite)=40+-10. 
51 ichite-ngu=40+-10+-1. 
So to 55. 
56 ichite-hti (ichite-Q-ngu)=40+10-+-5-+1, 
So to 59. 
60 ichite-ko-te=50-+-10, or literally 40+-10+-10. 
61 ichite-ko-te-ngu=50-++-10--1. 
So to 65. ; 
66 ichite-ko-te-hti (ichite-kote-ngu) !=50-+-10+5-++1. 
So to 69. 
70 ichite-koho-kaA=50-+-20. 
71 ichite-koho-ka-ngu=50+20-+-1. 
So to 75. 
76 ichite-koho-ka-hti (ichite-koho-ka-t-ngu )=50+-20-+-5-+-1. 
Belmar does not give any explanation of the /oho in these names; 
however, it seems—though one signification of jo is two—to play no 
other role here than io in the name for 60, ete. 
80 ichite-koho-kate=50-+-20+-10, literally 40+-10-+20+-10. 
90 ichite-koho-yicha=50-+-40. 
95 ichite-ko-ho-yicha-i=50+40+5. 
100 t-cha=5 x 20. 
110 t-cha-te=5« 20-+-10. 
200 ho-ticha=2x5 x20. 
300 ha-ticha=3 x5 20. 
So to 900. 
1,000 te-Gcha=10> 100, literally 105» 20. 
2,000 ho-mi (ho-te-ticha)=2 10 100. 
So to 9,000. 
10,000 te-mi (k4é-tcha)=? 
There seems to be some mistake here in Belmar’s parenthetical 
explanation; if 4@ is 20 and “vicha 100, kd-tcha would be 2,000, which, 
as shown above from his own list, is (ho-te-ticha). 
the equivalent of fe-vwcha, 1,000, then 10,000, unless varying from the 
rule, should be ¢e-te-vicha, ov hd-i-ticha=20*5xX100; the latter is 
probably what was intended, as we judge from the following numbers: 
As m7 is given as 
20, 000 
30, 000 
100, 000 
110, 000 
130, 000 
Although 
ka-mi (ké-te-ticha)=20 10 100. 
kate-mi (kAte-te-ticha) =380 10 100. 
So to 90,000. 
ticha-te-Gicha=100 x 10 100. 
tichate-te-icha=110 10 100. 
ficha-kate-te-tcha= (1004-30) x10 100. 
this numeral system carries out the quinary count to an 
unusual extent, yet it is clearly quinary-vigesimal. It isa little strange, 

1Jn this, as in the three following numbers (not given here), Belmar, whose list I follow, 
seems, probably by a slip of the pen, to have failed to give the complete name; it certainly should 
be ichite-kote--ngu. 
