Ruk’ux Scholarship: Numbers in Tz’utujil!

My name is Rosa.

I practice numbers every day and I consider that one is not aware of when one learns numbers until he realizes that he has already mastered it well, because it is part of my mother tongue. And I speaks it daily.

The numbers are part of the speech of each one of us, in the same way it is used in the different situations of the day to day.

Mainly I learned at home, because I was surrounded by people of who spoke my mother tongue, including numbers. I practiced it every time he went to the store, market or somewhere to buy or sell products.

I also learned through my grandparents and parents, every time they counted the numbers or talked about prices.

The other way was that my school teachers taught me through different activities that made it easier for me to learn numbers.

Since I was little I learned to differentiate numbers; where, how and when to use them.

With the help of my family I was able to learn to use them better, since they speak in Tz'utujil every time they mention the numbers they refer to time (hour, day, month), and also when they make purchases or sales.

When I grew up I went to school and I learned to write the symbols for numbers.

Example of some numbers:

One = Juun
Two = Ka'e'
Three= Oxy'
Four = Kaji'
Five = Jo'oo'
Six= Wajqii’