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Lesson 4 of 10
Counting to ten in Pitjantjatjara
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Pitjantjatjara words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Pitjantjatjara phrases in this lesson
- KutjuKU-chu
- One
- KutjaraKU-cha-ra
- Two
- MaṉkurpaMAN-kur-pa
- Three
- Kutjara kutjaraKU-cha-ra KU-cha-ra
- Four
- Fivefaiv
- Five
- Sixsiks
- Six
- SevenSEV-en
- Seven
- Eightayt
- Eight
- Ninenain
- Nine
- Tenten
- Ten
Kutju also means alone or only.
Kutjara is two. Like many Australian languages, Pitjantjatjara traditionally counted with a few words and combined them.
Maṉkurpa is three. Beyond it, speakers combine numbers or use English.
Literally "two and two". Above four, speakers use English numbers or tjuṯa, many.
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