NUMBERS

The draqa count their numbers in base 30.

The 'xo-' in 'xofeh', marks the value in the '30's' place:

60 * xo na

660 * xo comwah

870 * xo xomi

keh "And", is used to give more complete numbers:

0 * lo

31 * xofeh k' feh

61 * xona k' feh

190 * xoxeh k' koe

705 * xocox k' ofo

900 * xóa

901 * xóa k' feh

930 * xóa k' xofeh

The draqa number is realized in numeral pairs, considered to be a single number between 1 and 930. These can be connected with 'wehi' :

931 * feh wehi xofehk'feh

1830 * feh wehi xóak'xofeh

800, 850 * xoxomik'minakwe wehi xocoiahk'xofeh

i.e. 24*27000 + 19*900 wehi 24*30 + 30*1

86,660,850 *xod'ak'fean wehi xoxomik'minakwe wehi xocoiak'xofeh

i.e. 106*810,000 wehi 889*900 wehi 750

To use numbers to modify a root, they are attached finally, along with a classification suffix:

• siahanxofehtal - thirty deer
• batunatal - two infants
• skaefeantal - sixteen runnings (e.g. run sixteen times)

The classification suffix '-tal' indicates that individual objects are being counted. There are also suffixes to use with numbers indicating that groups of objects, types of objects or dates are being enumerated.

'-fal' and '-nal' are commonly used contractions of '-fehtal' and '-natal', respectively:

• siahanfal * one deer
• batunal * two infants

'-lotal' is an affected way of saying "none":

• famalotal * zero absences

Ordinals would be expressed in what to a draqa would be the obvious way:

• siahan hr-fehkwai * first deer , lit. Deer at one-thing
• batu hr-d'akwai * third infant, lit. Infant at three-thing

Another way to express number in sentences:

• i siahanxofehtal * There are thity deer
• i xofeh(kwai) dan siahan * There are thirty deer

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