How to count in Northern Emberá (ẽberã bed̶ea), a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | cero | |
| 1 | ab̶a, aɓa | naãrãbema |
| 2 | umé, omé, ome | umébema |
| 3 | ũbea, õbea | ũbeabema |
| 4 | kĩmãrẽ, kimare | kĩmãrẽbema |
| 5 | juesuma, juasoma (“1 hand”), jʌwa ab̶a, jua aɓa | juesumabema |
| 6 | jua aɓa aɓa | |
| 7 | jʌwa ab̶a ʌ̃rʌ̃ umé, juaba aɓa ome | |
| 8 | jua aɓa ũbea | |
| 9 | jua aɓa kimare | |
| 10 | jʌwa ewara umé (“2 hands open”), jua ome | |
| 11 | jua ome aɓa | |
| 12 | jua ome ome | |
| 13 | jua ome ũbea | |
| 14 | jua ome kimare | |
| 15 | jua ũbea | |
| 16 | jua ũbea aɓa | |
| 17 | jua ũbea ome | |
| 18 | jua ũbea ũbea | |
| 19 | jua ũbea kimare | |
| 20 | ẽbẽra aɓa |
Hear some numbers in Catio:
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Embera-Northern.htm
https://www.webonary.org/northernembera
Ẽbẽra beɗea o - El camino de la lengua embera
Some information complied by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Northern Emberá | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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