CHamoru Numbers

Ancient CHamoru numbers

Editor’s note

Permission to use from Dipåttamenton i Kaohao Guinahan CHamoru. Leblon Numiru, Government of Guam Department of Education, Hagåtña, Guam.

Numbers	CHamoru
0	tåya’	1	håcha	2	hugua
3	tulu	4	fåtfat	5	lima
6	gunom	7	fiti	8	guålo’
9	sigua	10	månot	11	månot na gai hacha
12	månot na gai hugua	13	månot na gai tulu	14	månot na gai fatfåt
15	månot na gai lima	16	månot na gai gunom	17	månot na gai fiti
18	månot na gai gualo’	19	månot na gai sigua	20	hugua na fulu
21	hugua na fulu na gai hacha	30	tutu na fulu	32	tutu na fulu na gai hugua
40	fåtfat na fulu	43	fåtfat na fulu na gai tulu	50	lima na fulu
54	lima na fulu na gai fåtfat	60	gunom na fulu	65	gunom na fulu na gai lima
70	fiti na fulu	76	fiti na fulu na gai gunom	80	guålo’ na fulu
87	guålo’ na fulu na gai fiti	90	sigua na fulu	98	sigua na fulu na gai guålo’
99	sigua na fulu na gai sigua	100	gåtos	200	hugua na gåtos
300	tulu na gåtos	400	fåtfat na gåtos	500	lima na gåtos
600	gunom na gåtos	700	fiti na gåtos	800	guålo’ na gåtos
900	sigua na gåtos	1,000	chålan

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Editor’s note

The following was adapted and reprinted, with permission from Lawerence J. Cunningham and JJ Beaty. A History of Guam. Honolulu: Bess Press, 2001.

Ancient CHamorus had different numbering systems for animate and inanimate objects.

Numbers for animate [living] objects

Numbers	CHamoru
1	maisa	2	hugua	3	tatu
4	fatfat	5	lalima	6	guagunom
7	fafiti	8	guagualo’	9	sasigua
10	maonot	11	maonot na gai maisa	12	maonot na gai hugua
20	hugua na fulu	21	hugua na fulu na gai maisa	30	tatu na fulu
40	fatfat na fulu	100	gåtos	200	hugua na gåtos
1,000	chålan	2,000	hugua na chålan	10,000	maonot na chålan

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Numbers for inanimate objects

Numbers	CHamoru
1	hachiyai	2	huguiyai	3	totguiyai or togiyai
4	fatfatai	5	limiyai	6	gonmiyai
7	fetguyai	8	guatguiyai	9	siguiyai
10	manutai	11	manutai na gai hachiyai	12	manutai na gai huguiyai
20	huguiyai na fulu	21	huguiyai na fulu na gai hachiyai	30	totguiyai na fulu
40	fatfatai na fulu	100	gåtos	200	huguiyai na gåtos
1,000	chålan	2,000	huguiyai na chålan	10,000	manutai na chålan

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Contemporary CHamoru numbers

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

Numbers	CHamoru
1	uno	2	dos	3	tres	4	kuatro	5	singko
6	sais	7	siette	8	ocho	9	nuebi	10	dies
11	onse	12	dosse	13	tresse	14	katotse	15	kinse
16	disisais	17	disisiete	18	disiocho	19	disinuebi	20	bente