Counting in Salishan languages

Spoken in southern British Columbia (Canada) and in the north of Washington, in Oregon, Idaho and Montana states in the U.S., the Salishan languages form a continuum of about thirty languages. If the situation is worrying for many of them, others are supported by their communities and are at different levels of use, education and revitalization.

Among them, we find the Comox (400 speakers), Halkomelem (200 speakers), Saanich (about twenty speakers), Squamish (about fifteen speakers) and Klallam (about ten speakers) languages.

Counting in Comox
1 – paʔa
2 – saʔa
3 – čɛlas
4 – mos
5 – θiyɛčɩs
6 – t̓əxəm
7 – tᶿočɩs
8 – taʔačɩs
9 – tɩgiχʷ

Counting in Halkomelem
1 – nuts’a’
2 – yuse’lu
3 – lhihw
4 – xu’athun
5 – lhq’etsus
6 – t’xum
7 – tth’a’kwus
8 – te’tsus
9 – toohw

Counting in Saanich
1 – nət̕θəʔ
2 – čəsəʔ
3 – ɬixʷ
4 – ŋas
5 – ɬq̕ečəs
6 – t̕x̣əŋ
7 – t̕θaʔkʷəs
8 – teʔθəs
9 – təkʷəxʷ

Counting in Squamish
1 – nch’u7
2 – án̓us
3 – chánat
4 – x̱a7útsen
5 – tsíyáchis
6 – t’áḵ’ach
7 – t’akw’usách
8 – t’ḵ’ach
9 – ts’es

Counting in Klallam
1 – nə́c̕uʔ
2 – čə́saʔ
3 – ɬíxʷ
4 – ŋús
5 – ɬq̕áčš
6 – t̕x̣ə́ŋ
7 – c̕úʔkʷs
8 – táʔcs
9 – tə́kʷxʷ