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IOL 2015 Problem #1 Nahuatl and Arammba

Nahuatl:
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)
Arammba:
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)
Nahuatl:
Arammba:
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