How to count in Erzya (эрзянь кель), a Mordvinic language spoken mainly in the Mordvin Republic of the Russia Federation.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | чаво | |
| 1 | вейке | васенце |
| 2 | кавто | омбоце |
| 3 | колмо | колмоце |
| 4 | ниле | нилеце |
| 5 | вете | ветеце |
| 6 | кото | котоце |
| 7 | сисем | сисемце |
| 8 | кавксо | кавксоце |
| 9 | вейксэ | вейксэце |
| 10 | кемень | кеменце |
| 11 | кевейкее | |
| 12 | кемгавтово | |
| 13 | кемголмово | |
| 14 | кемнилее | |
| 15 | кеветее | |
| 16 | кемготово | |
| 17 | кемзисемге | |
| 18 | кемгавксово | |
| 19 | кевейксэе | |
| 20 | комсь | комсеце |
| 21 | комсьвейкее | комсьвейкееце |
| 30 | колоньгемень | колоньгеменце |
| 40 | ниленьгемень | ниленьгеменце |
| 50 | ведьгемень | ведьгеменце |
| 60 | кодгемень | кодгеменце |
| 70 | сизьгемень | сизьгеменце |
| 80 | кавксоньгемень | кавксоньгеменце |
| 90 | вейксэньгемень | вэйксеньгеменце |
| 100 | сядо | сядоце |
| 200 | кавтосядт | кавтосядоце |
| 1,000 | тёжа | тёжаце |
| 1 million | миллион | |
| first | васенце | |
| second | омбоце | |
| third | колмоце |
Some details provided by Marat Stepanyan
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Erzya numbers and sources
https://turizmrm.ru/translator/numerals
https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Erzya.htm
https://mordvarf.com/русско-эрзянский-словарь/
https://ids.clld.org/contributions/126
https://translate.academic.ru/
Information about Erzya | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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