How to count in Chrau, a member of the Bahnaric branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken in southern Vietnam.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | muôi | di muôi |
| 2 | var | di var |
| 3 | pe | di pe |
| 4 | puôn | di puôn |
| 5 | prăm | di prăm |
| 6 | prau | di prau |
| 7 | pŏh | di pŏh |
| 8 | pham | di pham |
| 9 | sưn | di sưn |
| 10 | mât | di mât |
| 11 | mât muôi | |
| 12 | mât var | |
| 13 | mât pe | |
| 14 | mât puôn | |
| 15 | mât prăm | |
| 16 | mât prau | |
| 17 | mât pŏh | |
| 18 | mât pham | |
| 19 | mât sưn | |
| 20 | var jât | |
| 21 | var jât muôi | |
| 22 | var jât var | |
| 23 | var jât pe | |
| 24 | var jât puôn | |
| 25 | var jât prăm | |
| 26 | var jât prau | |
| 27 | var jât pŏh | |
| 28 | var jât pham | |
| 29 | var jât sưn | |
| 30 | pe jât | |
| 40 | puôn jât | |
| 50 | prăm jât | |
| 60 | prau jât | |
| 70 | pŏh jât | |
| 80 | pham jât | |
| 90 | sưn jât | |
| 100 | (du) rayĕng | |
| 101 | du rayĕng muôi | |
| 102 | du rayĕng var | |
| 110 | du rayĕng mât | |
| 111 | du rayĕng mât muôi | |
| 121 | du rayĕng var jât muôi | |
| 200 | var rayĕng | |
| 300 | pe rayĕng | |
| 400 | puôn rayĕng | |
| 500 | prăm rayĕng | |
| 600 | prau rayĕng | |
| 700 | pŏh rayĕng | |
| 800 | pham rayĕng | |
| 900 | sưn rayĕng | |
| 1,000 | (du) ravu, ngan | |
| 1,001 | du ravu muôi | |
| 1,101 | du ravu du rayĕng muôi | |
| 1,121 | du ravu du rayĕng var jât muôi | |
| 2,000 | var ravu | |
| 3,000 | pe ravu | |
| 4,000 | puôn ravu | |
| 5,000 | prăm ravu | |
| 6,000 | prau ravu | |
| 7,000 | pŏh ravu | |
| 8,000 | pham ravu | |
| 9,000 | sưn ravu | |
| 10,000 | mât ravu |
Ordinal numerals add di before the number: di muôi = first.
Source: David Dunton Thomas. Chrau Grammar. A Mon-Khmer Language of Vietnam. University of Pennsylvania, 1967.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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