Numbers in Kabwa

Information about counting in Kabwa (Ekikabwa), a Bantu language spoken in the Mwanza Region in northern Tanzania.

Numbers from 1 to 6 (and 11-16, 21-26, etc) change depending on the class of the noun being counted. The forms shown here are for class 12 (general counting).

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Numeral Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers
1 kamwi ya okwamba
2 kabhiri ya kabhiri
3 kasatu ya kasatu
4 kane ya kane
5 kataanu ya kataanu
6 kasansabha ya kasansabha
7 muhungati ya muhungati
8 munaane ya munaane
9 kenda ya kenda
10 ekumi ya ekumi
11 ekumi na kamwi
12 ekumi na kabhiri
13 ekumi na kasatu
14 ekumi na kane
15 ekumi na kataanu
16 ekumi na esansabha
17 ekumi na muhungati
18 ekumi na munaane
19 ekumi na kenda
20 mirongo ebhiri
21 mirongo ebhiri na kamwi
22 mirongo ebhiri na ebhiri
23 mirongo ebhiri na esatu
24 mirongo ebhiri na ene
25 mirongo ebhiri na etaanu
26 mirongo ebhiri na esaansabha
27 mirongo ebhiri na muhungati
28 mirongo ebhiri na munaane
29 mirongo ebhiri na kenda
30 mirongo esatu
40 mirongo ena
50 mirongo etaanu
60 mirongo esansabha
70 mirongo muhungati
80 mirongo munane
90 mirongo kenda
100 erigana (rimwi)
200 magana gabhiri
1,000 ekiku (kimwi)
2,000 ebhiku gabhiri
100,000 eraaki eimwi

Information about Kabwa | Numbers

Information about Kabwa numbers
https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/68080
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Kabwa.htm
https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/73083

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Numbers in Bantu languages

Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Ibinda, Kabwa, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kogo, Kongo, Kunda, Lingala, Lozi, Luba-Katanga (Kiluba), Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Northern), Ndebele (Southern), Ngoni, Nkore, Nyole, Nyungwe, Oshiwambo, Punu, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Sotho (Northern), Sotho (Southern), Swahili, Swati, Taita, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zinza, Zulu

Numbers in other languages

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