1 in Choctaw
achʋffa
One, using the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s teaching spelling.
LIVING · DECIMAL NUMBER WORDS
Choctaw
Chahta
Build number words from one through one hundred using Choctaw Nation teaching forms.
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- Choctaw communities, southeastern North America and Oklahoma
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- Contemporary Choctaw Nation teaching orthography
EXAMPLES
tuchina
3 · Decimal number words
Three, as listed in the community lesson.
Worked example
Read 3 in Choctaw
Name 1–10 with whole counting words. For 11–19, put awah before the unit. For 20–90, put pokoli before the number of tens, then add akocha and a unit when needed. Tahlepa achʋffa names one hundred.
- tuchina
A whole counting word names 3. The words follow Choctaw Nation teaching forms and the 2018 counting chart’s akocha spelling. This explains number naming; it does not establish an arithmetic algorithm used by every speaker.
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Sources and notation notes
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma · Choctaw 1, Chapter Two, Lesson 1 · Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma · Choctaw 1, Chapter Two, Lesson 2 · Choctaw Nation Dictionary · The Choctaw Alphabet · Choctaw Nation · Biskinik, October 2018, counting chart · Choctaw Nation · Choctaw 2, Chapter Ten, Lesson 2 · Choctaw Nation · 2025 year-end report in English and Choctaw
Number-word dictionary
Number words are the signs in this tradition. This dictionary shows the documented words and their meanings, preserving the spelling used by the sources. Some words name whole groups or connect parts of a number.
- achʋffa
- 1
- tuklo
- 2
- tuchina
- 3
- ushta
- 4
- tahlapi
- 5
- hannali
- 6
- untuklo
- 7
- untuchina
- 8
- chakkali
- 9
- pokkoli
- 10
- pokoli tuklo
- 20 = 10 × 2
- pokoli tuchina
- 30 = 10 × 3
- pokoli ushta
- 40 = 10 × 4
- pokoli tahlapi
- 50 = 10 × 5
- pokoli hannali
- 60 = 10 × 6
- pokoli untuklo
- 70 = 10 × 7
- pokoli untuchina
- 80 = 10 × 8
- pokoli chakkali
- 90 = 10 × 9
- awah
- ten plus · followed by a unit for 11–19
- pokoli
- ten in the multiplied tens expressions 20–90
- akocha
- joins the remaining units after the tens · 2018 chart spelling
- tahlepa achʋffa
- 100 = one hundred
How the words fit together
Name 1–10 with whole counting words. For 11–19, put awah before the unit. For 20–90, put pokoli before the number of tens, then add akocha and a unit when needed. Tahlepa achʋffa names one hundred.
- Achʋffa means one, and tuklo means two. Each complete word names its amount.
- Tuchina means three, ushta means four, and tahlapi means five.
- Continue with hannali (six), untuklo (seven), untuchina (eight), chakkali (nine), and pokkoli (ten).
- For twelve, put awah before tuklo: awah tuklo names 10 + 2. Unlike the larger tens compounds, the teens do not use akocha.
- Pokoli tuklo means two tens, or 10 × 2 = 20. The ten word is pokoli in these compounds, with one k, rather than the isolated pokkoli.
- To name twenty-six, append akocha hannali: pokoli tuklo akocha hannali gives 10 × 2 + 6 = 26. The same tens-and-units pattern generates the remaining numbers through ninety-nine.
- Tahlepa achʋffa names one hundred. The converter accepts every whole number from 1 through 100.
2 in Choctaw
tuklo
Two. This is a number word, not an additive pair of symbols.
3 in Choctaw
tuchina
Three, as listed in the community lesson.
4 in Choctaw
ushta
Four, an independent counting word.
5 in Choctaw
tahlapi
Five, an independent counting word in the community lesson.
6 in Choctaw
hannali
Six, from Chapter Two, Lesson 2.
7 in Choctaw
untuklo
Seven, from the same community lesson.
8 in Choctaw
untuchina
Eight, preserving the teaching spelling.
9 in Choctaw
chakkali
Nine, as given in the community lesson.
10 in Choctaw
pokkoli
Ten as an isolated counting word; multiplied tens use pokoli.
12 in Choctaw
awah tuklo
The teen form puts awah before two: 10 + 2 = 12.
26 in Choctaw
pokoli tuklo akocha hannali
Ten times two, plus six: 10 × 2 + 6 = 26, as in the Nation’s 2018 counting chart.
56 in Choctaw
pokoli tahlapi akocha hannali
Ten times five, followed by akocha and six: 10 × 5 + 6 = 56.
90 in Choctaw
pokoli chakkali
Nine tens, documented in Choctaw 2, Chapter Ten, Lesson 2.
100 in Choctaw
tahlepa achʋffa
One hundred, using the Nation’s documented hundred expression and teaching alphabet.
This bounded converter follows Choctaw Nation teaching words and the 2018 chart’s akocha spelling; contemporary Nation publications also use akucha. The chart’s v in achvffa is shown as ʋ, following the Nation’s teaching alphabet. These are living-language counting forms, not an ancient numeral script. The range 1–100 is an app limit; other spelling, dialect, object-counting and larger-number conventions are outside this display.
History
The counting words follow Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma language lessons. Its October 2018 Biskinik teaching chart documents the teens and compounds through thirty-one; additional Nation lessons and translated reports document the multiplied tens and hundred expression.
How to read it
Name 1–10 with whole counting words. For 11–19, put awah before the unit. For 20–90, put pokoli before the number of tens, then add akocha and a unit when needed. Tahlepa achʋffa names one hundred.
- Achʋffa means one, and tuklo means two. Each complete word names its amount.
- Tuchina means three, ushta means four, and tahlapi means five.
- Continue with hannali (six), untuklo (seven), untuchina (eight), chakkali (nine), and pokkoli (ten).
- For twelve, put awah before tuklo: awah tuklo names 10 + 2. Unlike the larger tens compounds, the teens do not use akocha.
- Pokoli tuklo means two tens, or 10 × 2 = 20. The ten word is pokoli in these compounds, with one k, rather than the isolated pokkoli.
- To name twenty-six, append akocha hannali: pokoli tuklo akocha hannali gives 10 × 2 + 6 = 26. The same tens-and-units pattern generates the remaining numbers through ninety-nine.
- Tahlepa achʋffa names one hundred. The converter accepts every whole number from 1 through 100.
Limits
This bounded converter follows Choctaw Nation teaching words and the 2018 chart’s akocha spelling; contemporary Nation publications also use akucha. The chart’s v in achvffa is shown as ʋ, following the Nation’s teaching alphabet. These are living-language counting forms, not an ancient numeral script. The range 1–100 is an app limit; other spelling, dialect, object-counting and larger-number conventions are outside this display.
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