How to count in Bench (Bencʼnon), a North Omotic language spoken in the North Omo zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' region of southern Ethiopia.
| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | max [mātʼ] | |
| 2 | nam [nám] | namasnuc |
| 3 | kaz [káz] | kaznasnuc |
| 4 | od [ód] | odanuc |
| 5 | ucʼ [ùtʂʼ] | ucʼnasnuc |
| 6 | sapm [sàpm̩] | sapmnasnuc |
| 7 | napm [nàpm̩] | napmnasnuc |
| 8 | nyartn [nʲàrtn̩] | nyartnasnuc |
| 9 | irsn [ìrstn̩] | irsnuc |
| 10 | tam [ta̋m] | tamnasnuc |
| 11 | tama maxa | tama maxanuc |
| 12 | tama nama | tama namasnuc |
| 13 | tama kaza | |
| 14 | tama oda | |
| 15 | tama uc'a | |
| 16 | tama sapma | |
| 17 | tama napma | |
| 18 | tama nyartna | |
| 19 | tama irsna | |
| 20 | namtam | |
| 30 | kastam | |
| 40 | otam | |
| 50 | uc'ntam | |
| 60 | sapmtam | |
| 70 | napmtam | |
| 80 | nyartntam | |
| 90 | irsntam | |
| 100 | bal [bǎl] max bal |
balnuc |
| 1,000 | wum [wňm] | |
| 10,000 | tam wum | |
| 100,000 | max bal wum |
Sources
https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/66359
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bench_language#Numbers
Information about Bench | Numbers
Aari, Bambassi, Bench, Wolaytta
Alphabetical index | Language family index
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