Kenyah numbers

How to count in Kenyah, a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in Borneo in Malaysia.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	cha	ading
2	dua	kedua
3	telu	ketelu
4	pat	kepat
5	lema	kelema
6	enem	kenem
7	tujok	ketujok
8	ayah	keayah
9	pi’en	kepi’en
10	pulok	kepulok
11	pulok cha
12	pulok dua
13	pulok telu
14	pulok pat
15	pulok lema
16	pulok enem
17	pulok tujok
18	pulok aya
19	pulok pi’en
20	dua pulok
21	dua pulok cha
22	dua pulok dua
23	dua pulok telu
24	dua pulok pat
25	dua pulok lema
26	dua pulok enem
27	dua pulok tujok
28	dua pulok aya
29	dua pulok pi’en
30	telu pulok
40	pat pulok
50	lema pulok
60	enem pulok
70	tujok pulok
80	ayah pulok
90	pi’en pulok
100	cha ato
101	cha ato cha
102	cha ato dua
110	cha ato cha pulok
200	dua ato
300	telu ato
358	telu ato lema pulok ayah
400	pat ato
500	lema ato
600	enem ato
700	tujok ato
800	ayah ato
900	pi’en ato
1,000	cha ibu
1,001	cha ibu cha
1,002	cha ibu dua
2,000	dua ibu
3,000	telu ibu
4,000	pat ibu
5,000	lema ibu
6,000	enem ibu
7,000	tujok ibu
8,000	ayah ibu
9,000	pi’en ibu
10,000	pulok ibu
87,546	aya pulok tujok ibu lema ato pat pulok enem
100,000	cha ato ibu
738,327	tujok ato telu pulok aya telu ato dua pulok tujok
1,000,000	cha million

*) Note: Ordinal numbers (except for the first one) are derived by the prefix ke-

Sources:
http://www.kenyahsarawak.com/apps/blog/show/3230964-learn-basic-kenyah-lepo-tau-language
http://www.kenyahsarawak.com/number.htm

Information about Kenyah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyah_languages
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/xkl

Kenyah dictionary
http://www.kenyah.net/zlm/kamus-kenyah-1

Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl

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