Comparison of Numbers

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Shoshoni Mono Cahuilla Hopi English  
seme' seme’ súplli' suukya' one
wahatehwe wahatU wíh lööyöm two
bahaitee' pahitU páy paayom three
watsewite watsekwitU wíchiw naalöyöm four
manegite manigitU nemaqwánang tsivot  five
naafaite nabahitU qunsúplli' navay six
daatsewite tatsewetU qunwíh  tsange' seven
nawiwatsewite wosewetU qunpáh nanalt eight
seemonowemihyande kwanigitU qunwíchiw pevt  nine
seemote  sewenotU  nemichúmi  pakwt  ten

 

Shoshoni and Mono are from the same language family, the Numic family
That is why the numbers in the two languages look somewhat similar

Hopi and Cahuilla are more distantly related to Shoshoni.

Mono is spoken in central California;
Hopi is spoken in northeastern Arizona;
Cahuilla is spoken in southern California

(Sources: A Dictionary of Western Mono, by Bethel et al., Anthropology Department, Idaho State University, 1993; Lessons in Hopi, by Milo Kaectaca, University of Arizona Press, 1978; Chem'ivillu' (Let's Speak Cahuilla), by Katherine Siva Saubel and Pamela Munro, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA, 1981.)