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Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro numbers

Original illustrations from the Guam Public Library System’s Ancient CHamoru Objects, by Bévalet in Freycinet’s Voyage Autour du Monde, 1824.

No. CHamoru        
0 tåya 16 månot na gai gunom 80 guålo’ na fulu
1 håcha 17 månot na gai fiti 87 guålo’ na fulu na gai fiti
2 hugua 18 månot na gai gualo’ 90 sigua na fulu
3 tulu 19 månot na gai sigua 98 sigua na fulu na gai guålo’
4 fåtfat 20 hugua na fulu 99 sigua na fulu na gai sigua
5 lima 21 hugua na fulu na gai hacha 100 gåtos
6 gunom 30 tutu na fulu 200 hugua na gåtos
7 fiti 32 tutu na fulu na gai hugua 300 tulu na gåtos
8 guålo’ 40 fåtfat na fulu 400 fåtfat na gåtos
9 sigua 43 fåtfat na fulu na gai tulu 500 lima na gåtos
10 månot 50 lima na fulu 600 gunom na gåtos
11 månot na gai hacha 54 lima na fulu na gai fåtfat 700 fiti na gåtos
12 månot na gai hugua 60 gunom na fulu 800 guålo’ na gåtos
13 månot na gai tulu 65 gunom na fulu na gai lima 900 sigua na gåtos
14 månot na gai fatfåt 70 fiti na fulu 1,000 chålan
15 månot na gai lima 76 fiti na fulu na gai gunom    
Permission to use from Dipåttamenton i Kaohao Guinahan CHamoru. Leblon Numiru, Government of Guam Department of Education, Hagåtña, Guam.

 

Numbers for animate [living] objects

Illustration courtesy of Ron J. Castro.

Ancient CHamorus/Chamorros had different numbering systems for animate and inanimate objects. The following was adapted and reprinted, with permission from Lawerence J. Cunningham, EdD and JJ Beaty. A History of Guam. Honolulu: Bess Press, 2001.

No. CHamoru        
1 maisa 8 guagualo’ 30 tatu na fulu
2 hugua 9 sasigua 40 fatfat na fulu
3 tatu 10 maonot 100 gåtos
4 fatfat 11 maonot na gai maisa 200 hugua na gåtos
5 lalima 12 maonot na gai hugua 1,000 chålan
6 guagunom 20 hugua na fulu 2,000 hugua na chålan
7 fafiti 21 hugua na fulu na gai maisa 10,000 maonot na chålan

Numbers for inanimate objects

Illustration courtesy of Ron J. Castro.

No. CHamoru        
1 hachiyai 8 guatguiyai 30 totguiyai na fulu
2 huguiyai 9 siguiyai 40 fatfatai na fulu
3 totguiyai or togiyai 10 manutai 100 gåtos
4 fatfatai 11 manutai na gai hachiyai 200 huguiyai na gåtos
5 limiyai 12 manutai na gai huguiyai 1,000 chålan
6 gonmiyai 20 huguiyai na fulu 2,000 huguiyai na chålan
7 fetguyai 21 huguiyai na fulu na gai hachiyai 10,000 manutai na chålan

Contemporary CHamoru/Chamorro numbers

Illustration courtesy of Ron J. Castro.

The contemporary CHamoru numbering system does not differentiate between animate and inanimate objects, and has been adapted from the Spanish language.

No. CHamoru            
1 uno 6 sais 11 onse 16 disisais
2 dos 7 siette 12 dosse 17 disisiete
3 tres 8 ocho 13 tresse 18 disiocho
4 kuatro 9 nuebi 14 katotse 19 disinuebi
5 singko 10 dies 15 kinse 20 bente
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