Numbers in Malay and Indonesian

How to count in Malay and Indonesian, closely related Austronesian languages spoken mainly in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Numeral Malay Indonesian
0 sifar / kosong nol
1 satu satu
2 dua dua
3 tiga tiga
4 empat empat
5 lima lima
6 enam enam
7 tujuh tujuh
8 lapan delapan
9 sembilan sembilan
10 sepuluh sepuluh
11 sebelas sebelas
12 dua belas dua belas
13 tiga belas tiga belas
14 empat belas empat belas
15 lima belas lima belas
16 enam belas enam belas
17 tujuh belas tujuh belas
18 lapan belas delapan belas
19 sembilan belas sembilan belas
20 dua puluh dua puluh
21 dua puluh satu dua puluh satu
22 dua puluh dua dua puluh dua
30 tiga puluh tiga puluh
40 empat puluh empat puluh
50 lima puluh lima puluh
60 enam puluh enam puluh
70 tujuh puluh tujuh puluh
80 lapan puluh delapan puluh
90 sembilan puluh sembilan puluh
100 seratus / ratus seratus / satu ratus
200 dua ratus dua ratus
300 tiga ratus tiga ratus
400 empat ratus empat ratus
500 lima ratus lima ratus
600 enam ratus enam ratus
700 tujuh ratus tujuh ratus
800 lapan ratus delapan ratus
900 sembilan ratus sembilan ratus
1000 seribu / satu ribu seribu / satu ribu
1100 seribu seratus seribu seratus
1200 seribu duaratus seribu duaratus
1300 seribu tigaratus seribu tigaratus
2000 dua ribu dua ribu
10,000 sepuluh ribu sepuluh ribu
100,000 seratus ribu seratus ribu
1 million sejuta / satu juta sejuta / satu juta
1 billion satu bilion semiliar / satu miliar
1 trillion satu trilion setriliun / satu triliun

Information compiled by C L Tan

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Notes

Compound number example: 12,345 = dua belas ribu tiga ratus empat puluh lima

For ordinals you add the prefix "ke-"; e.g. 2nd is "kedua", 10th is "kesepuluh", 21st is "kedua puluh satu"; however, although accepted, "kesatu" is rarely used for 1st; "pertama" (a Sanskrit loanword) is widely used instead for both Malay and Indonesian.

Links

Information about numbers in Malay and Indonesian
http://mylanguages.org/malay_numbers.php
https://mylanguages.org/indonesian_numbers.php
https://masteringbahasa.com/how-to-say-indonesian-numbers

Malay pages

Information about Malay | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel | Learning materials

Indonesian pages

Information about Indonesian | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Tower of Babel | Articles | Learning materials

Numbers in Malayo-Polynesian languages

Alorese, Ambel, Araki, Balinese, Banjarese, Batak (Toba), Batuley, Bengkulu, Biak, Bugis, Chamorro, Fordata, Iban, Indonesian, Javanese, Kei, Kembayan, Kerinci, Komering, Lamaholot, Lampung, Madurese, Malagasy, Malay, Minangkabau, Moma-Kulawi, Motu, Paku, Selaru, Sumbawa, Sundanese, Tado-Lindu, Tokodede, Urak Lawoi’, Wamesa, Wandamen, Yakan, Yamdena

Numbers in other languages

Alphabetical index | Language family index

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