Igorot Ancestors have Prehispanic Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Number System from 1 to 10

Before the influences of outside traders, the western world and the nearby lowland territories, the Igorot ancestors in the highlands of Cordillera Central of the Philippines have their own number system. And what were passed to the knowledge of this new generation was a count from 1 to 10, which is in a playful lyrical or song form-- the reason that must have enabled this knowledge to be passed from parents to their offspring and so on.

CARDINAL (count):

ésa
dúwa, dúa
túlo
épat
lí'ma
énem
píto
wá-o
síam
sim'po



ORDINAL (order):
pin'sa

pen'dua

pen'tulo
may'ako
kig'gang
kulig'gang
bak'kod
kudókod
beh'way
kélay

NOMINAL (name, label):
sag'gan
duwag'gan
talug'gan
paáten
diyáden
katum'bad
bádabad
muláok
bukábok
bukat'ti