The Number Concept: Its Origin and DevelopmentConant, Levi L. (Levi Leonard)
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The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development
Conant, Levi L. (Levi Leonard)
Number concept
+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+
|No. |Counting | Flat | Round | Men | Long | Canoes | Measures |
| | | Objects | Objects | | Objects | | |
+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+
| 1 |gyak gak |g'erel |k'al |k'awutskan|k'amaet |k'al | |
| 2 |t'epqat |t'epqat |goupel |t'epqadal |gaopskan |g'alp[=e]eltk|gulbel |
| 3 |guant |guant |gutle |gulal |galtskan |galtskantk |guleont |
| 4 |tqalpq |tqalpq |tqalpq |tqalpqdal |tqaapskan |tqalpqsk |tqalpqalont |
| 5 |kct[=o]nc|kct[=o]nc|kct[=o]nc|kcenecal |k'etoentskan|kct[=o]onsk |kctonsilont |
| 6 |k'alt |k'alt |k'alt |k'aldal |k'aoltskan |k'altk |k'aldelont |
| 7 |t'epqalt |t'epqalt |t'epqalt |t'epqaldal|t'epqaltskan|t'epqaltk |t'epqaldelont|
| 8 |guandalt |yuktalt |yuktalt |yuktleadal|ek'tlaedskan|yuktaltk |yuktaldelont |
| 9 |kctemac |kctemac |kctemac |kctemacal |kctemaestkan|kctemack |kctemasilont |
|10 |gy'ap |gy'ap |kp[=e]el |kpal |kp[=e]etskan|gy'apsk |kpeont |
+----+---------+---------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+-------------+
Remarkable as this list may appear, it is by no means as extensive as that
derived from many of the other British Columbian tribes. The numerals of
the Shushwap, Stlatlumh, Okanaken, and other languages of this region exist
in several different forms, and can also be modified by any of the
innumerable suffixes of these tongues.[140] To illustrate the almost
illimitable number of sets that may be formed, a table is given of "a few
classes, taken from the Heiltsuk dialect.[141] It appears from these
examples that the number of classes is unlimited."
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