are written as in Ventureño, where other Chumashists write them as . Likewise, Ventureño writes postalveolar affricates () as , where other Chumashists write this sound as . Morphology Chumash morphology is fairly polysynthetic. This applies especially to the verbs of the language, which has over 15 distinct morphological slots (when counting nominalized verbs). This is illustrated in the table below by the nominalized verb meaning "your wanting to make fun of us". Numbers The Chumash languages exhibit a quaternary numeral system. The numbers 1–16 exhibit certain characteristics which are different from the method of counting from 17 to 32. In all places, however, the multiple of 4 usually has a unique term. Ventureño Chumash has the most complete, native Chumash system of numbers on record. References External links Ventureño language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages OLAC resources in and about the Ventureño language Ventureño at the California Language Archive Chumashan languages Indigenous languages of California Extinct languages of North America Languages extinct in the 20th century History of Ventura County, California