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Tsafiki Counting Worksheet

Like many languages of South America, Tsafiki does not have many number words-- really only five. It is possible to count to high numbers in Tsafiki, but only by using long compound words combining the numbers one through four with the words for "hand," "more," and so on. Today the Tsafiki words for numbers higher than five are borrowed from Spanish (like sieteka, 'seven,' from Spanish siete) or Quichua (like sota, 'six,' from Quichua sucta).

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	malu
	palu
	peman
	junpalu
	manteka
	sota
	sieteka
	ochuka
	nueka
	chunka

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