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THE SERI INDIANS 



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90. 

 100. 

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fmtykO'k 



unt^kopkii 



untfksO'k 



unt9k6itura 



untfesnupku'schOp 



lintftungu'kwu'k 



u'ntfkiischohotkum 



untfkseguut 



unttgrmt' 



vmz-u'ntt-ko'k 



finz-unti; -ko jika 



fuiz-unte-k uksclio'k 



fiiiz-fintf-k(jitiim 



iinz-uiit(:-fisnupku'scIios 



fmz-untf-difiukwufik 



unz-untc kil'nz 



tanchlhuavat'hom 

 tanchlischnapk'schoch 

 tancliltumkacb(|hue 

 tanchlphraqhue 

 t.auchlsovihantlqliue 

 kaiilx'kookx' eauslkocli tauljaukl 



eans'lkapka 

 eans'lscoch 

 eauslkovat'hom 

 eausly'schnapk'scboeli 

 eansltumkaehqbiie 

 eauslhscboholcbkom 

 eanslsovikaut'l 

 biantlkantl taiil taiil 



Vocabulary List.s oi' Yiiman Numerals 



^ "De este niimero en adelante loa niaa incultos se confiinden y no saben decir mas que: muchos y 

 muchisimoa; pero I03 que tienen algim ingenio siguen la numeracion diciendo: una mauo y uno, una 

 mano y do3. etc. Para expresar diez, dicen: Nagannd vjnimhal demvejueri, esto eg. todas lasmanos: 

 para quince dicen las nianos y un pi6, y para veinte las nianos y los jnes, cuyo luimero es el t6rmino 

 de la aritmctica cochimi. Los que ban aprendido el espanol saben uuestro modo de contar/' 



"From this number onward the most ignorant are confused aud are ouly able to say many and very 

 many; but those who have some ingenuity continue the numeration by saying one band and one, one 

 band and two, etc. To express ten they say, iiaga7ind igniinbal demuejueg. that is, all tbo hands; for 

 fifteen they say the Lands and a foot, and for twenty the bands and the feet, at wliich number ends 

 ^he Cochimi arithmetic. Those who liare learned Spanish know our method of counting." (Clavi. 

 gero, Historia, etc., p. 22.) 



In this citation Padre Clavigero succinctly portrays the cumbersome number series of the Cochimi 

 and other Amerinds of the Califoruian peninsula. Moreover, the Cochimi terms of Clavijero and 

 those cited from Hervas by Herr Buschmann seemingly suggest a common source of information. 



Ducrue (in Murr, Journal zur Kunstgescliichte, Xiiruberg, 1787, vol, xii, pp. 294) expresses doubt 

 as to the namvi of the Laymon column, not knowing whether it is Xabuathm or vernacular to the 

 Laymon language. It certainly has an alien aspect. Of Layuionic number names iJucrue says that 

 the Laymon can count singly to five, and then they repeat themselves. 



The following citation may bo of interest here: 



*' The Californiaiis know very little of aritlimetic, some of them being unable to count further than 

 *w;, while others can not number beyond three, insomuch that none of them can say how many fingers 



