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IOL 2015 Problem #1 Nahuatl and Arammba
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| mahtlactli-on-cë × mahtlactli | = | mäcuïl-pöhualli-om-mahtlactli | (1) | |
| cem-pöhualli × öme | = | öm-pöhualli | (2) | |
| yë-pöhualli-on-chicöme + mahtlactli-on-nähui | = | näuh-pöhualli-on-cë | (3) | |
| mäcuïlli + öme | = | chicöme | (4) | |
| mahtlactli-om-ëyi × ëyi | = | cem-pöhualli-on-caxtölli-on-nähui | (5) | |
| mäcuïlli × ëyi | = | caxtölli | (6) | |
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| ngámbi + ngámbi | = | ngámbi × yànparo | (7) | |
| ngámbi + asàr | = | tambaroy | (8) | |
| yànparo tàxwo + fete asàr tàxwo | = | yànparo fete | (9) | |
| yenówe × yenówe tàxwo | = | fete yenówe tàxwo | (10) | |
| nimbo × fete | = | tarumba | (11) | |
| nimbo + yànparo tàxwo | = | yenówe tàxwo | (12) | |
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| yë-tzontli-on-näuh-pöhualli-on-caxtölli-on-cë | = | ndamno | (13) | |
| cen-tzontli-on-cem-pöhualli-om-mahtlactli-om-öme | = | yànparo tarumba | (14) | |
| cen-tzontli | = | tarumba tambaroy fete asàr | (15) | |
| cen-xiquipilli | = | weremeke tarumba nimbo yànparo | (16) |
(a) Write the equalities (1-12) and the numbers (13-16) in numerals.
(b) Write out in Nahuatl: 42; 494.
(c) Write out in Arammba: 43; 569.
⚠ Classical Nahuatl, of the Uto–Aztecan family, was the language of the Aztec Empire in Mexico. The Arammba language (also called Serki, Serkisetavi, or Upper Morehead) belongs to the South-Central Papuan family. It is spoken by approx. 970 people in Papua New Guinea.
—Milena Veneva