Information about counting in Bamum (Shü Pamom), a Bantoid language spoken mainly in central and northwestern and western parts of Cameroon.
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Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
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0 (ꛯ) | ndәm ndәm | |
1 (ꛦ) | í mo’, ndì | pùm |
2 (ꛧ) | í pâ, mbâ | mbɛtә, mbárә … í pâ |
3 (ꛨ) | í tɛt, tɛt | mbárә … í tɛt |
4 (ꛩ) | í kpá, kpá | mbárә … í kpà |
5 (ꛪ) | í tɛn, tɛn | mbárә … í tɛn |
6 (ꛫ) | í ntú, ntú | mbárә … í ntú |
7 (ꛬ) | í sàmbà, sàmbà | mbárә … í sàmbà |
8 (ꛭ) | í fâmә, fâmә | mbárә … í fámә |
9 (ꛮ) | í vü´’, vü´’ | mbárә … í vü´ʼ |
10 (ꛦꛯ) | ghóm | mbárә ghóm… |
11 | ghóm nshuòp í mòʼ, ndí nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í mòʼ |
12 | ghóm nshuòp í pà, pɛ’nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í pà |
13 | ghóm nshuòp í tɛt, tɛt nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í tɛt |
14 | ghóm nshuòp í kpá, kpá nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í kpá |
15 | ghóm nshuòp í tɛn, tɛn nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í tɛn |
16 | ghóm nshuòp í ntú, ntú nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í ntú |
17 | ghóm nshuòp í sàmbà, sà nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í sàmbà |
18 | ghóm nshuòp í fámә, fàm nshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í fámә |
19 | ghóm nshuòp í vü´ʼ, vüʼnshuòp | mbárә … ghóm nshuòp í vü´ʼ |
20 | pɛ’ŋgóm | mbárә pɛ’ŋgóm |
21 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í mòʼ | |
22 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í pà | |
23 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í tɛt | |
24 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í kpá | |
25 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í tɛn | |
26 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í ntú | |
27 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í sàmbà | |
28 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í fámә | |
29 | pɛ’ŋgóm nshuòp í vü´ʼ | |
30 | tɛtŋgóm | |
40 | kpà ŋgóm | |
50 | tɛŋgóm | |
60 | ntúŋgóm | |
70 | sàŋgóm | |
80 | fàm ŋgóm | |
90 | vü´ʼŋgóm | |
100 | ŋkʉrì | |
200 | pɛ’nkʉt | |
300 | tɛt ŋkʉt | |
400 | kpà ŋkʉt | |
500 | tɛn ŋkʉt | |
600 | ntù ŋkʉt | |
700 | sà ŋkʉt | |
800 | fàm ŋkʉt | |
900 | vü´ʼ ŋkʉt | |
1,000 | ŋkàmì | |
2,000 | pɛʼŋkàm | |
3,000 | tɛt ŋkàm | |
4,000 | kpà ŋkàm | |
5,000 | tɛn ŋkàm | |
6,000 | ntù ŋkàm | |
7,000 | sàŋkàm | |
8,000 | fàm ŋkàm | |
9,000 | vü´ʼ ŋkàm | |
10,000 | ghòm ŋkàm | |
100,000 | ŋkʉt ŋkàm | |
1 billion | nshʉpshә mí |
Source: Source: Emmanuel Matateyou. Parlons Bamoun. L'Harmattan, Paris, France.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Bamum numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamum_script#Numbers
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