Ewe numbers

How to count in Ewe (Èʋegbe), a Volta-Niger language spoken in Ghana, Togo and Benin.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	nadeke, nanekeo
1	ɖeka [ˈdɛ.kɑː]	gbãtɔ [ɡ͡bãtɔ]
2	eve [ˈeve]	evelia [ˈevelɪɑː]
3	etɔ̃	etɔ̃lia
4	ene	enelia [ˈenelɪɑː]
5	atɔ̃	atɔ̃lia
6	ade	adelia
7	adrɛ	adrɛlia
8	enyi	enyilia
9	asieke	asiekelia [ˈəsɪeɪkeɪljɑː]
10	ewo	ewolia [ˈewəʊlɪɑː]
11	wuiɖekɛ
12	wuieve
13	wuietɔ̃
14	wuiene
15	wuiatɔ̃
16	wuiade
17	wuiadre
18	wuienyi
19	wuiasieke
20	blaeve
21	blaeve-vɔ̃-ɖekɛ
22	blaeve-vɔ̃-eve
23	blaeve-vɔ̃-etɔ̃
24	blaeve-vɔ̃-ene
25	blaeve-vɔ̃-atɔ̃
26	blaeve-vɔ̃-ade
27	blaeve-vɔ̃-adrɛ
28	blaeve-vɔ̃-enyi
29	blaeve-vɔ̃-asieke
30	blaetɔ̃
40	blaene
50	blaatɔ̃
60	blaade
70	blaadre
80	blaenyi
90	blaasieke
100	alafa ɖeka [əlæfɑː ɖɛkɑː]
101	alafa ɖeka kple ɖeka
1,000	akpe ɖeka [ək͡pɛ ɖɛkɑː]
10,000	akpe ewo
1,000,000	miliɔn ɖeka

Sources

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Ewe_numerals
http://www.afropedea.org/ewe-numeration-number

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Information about numbers in Ewe

Information about Ewe | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Numbers in Volta-Niger languages

Ebira, Edo, Esan, Ewe, Fon, Igala, Isoko, Oko, Urhobo, Yoruba

Numbers in other languages

Alphabetical index | Language family index

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