How to count in Lotha, a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Nagaland in northeastern India.
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 numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ekha, motsünga, ntsünga | ovüngochü |
| 2 | eni | ovüngochü silamo |
| 3 | ethüm | ovüngochü chito oni silamo |
| 4 | mezhü | |
| 5 | mongo | |
| 6 | tirok | |
| 7 | tiying | |
| 8 | tiza | |
| 9 | tokvü | |
| 10 | taro | |
| 11 | taroekha | |
| 12 | taroeni | |
| 13 | taroethüm | |
| 14 | taromezhü | |
| 15 | taromongo | |
| 16 | tarotirok | |
| 17 | tarotiying | |
| 18 | tarotiza | |
| 19 | tarotokvü | |
| 20 | myukyu | |
| 21 | myukyuekha | |
| 22 | myukyueni | |
| 23 | myukyuethüm | |
| 24 | myukyumezhü | |
| 25 | myukyumongo | |
| 26 | myukyutirok | |
| 27 | myukyutiying | |
| 28 | myukyutiza | |
| 29 | myukyutokvü | |
| 30 | thumro | |
| 40 | zhüro | |
| 50 | tinyan | |
| 60 | rokro | |
| 70 | ekhatiying | |
| 80 | ekhatiza | |
| 90 | ekhatokvü | |
| 100 | nzoa | |
| 1000 | thunga, othung motsünga |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Hear some Lotha numbers:
Information about counting in Lotha
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Naga-Lotha.htm
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s43545-024-00875-z.pdf
https://archive.org/details/dli.language.2547/page/n29/mode/2up?q=Numerals
Information about Lotha | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Bawm, Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Hakha, Inpui, Karbi, Koireng, Liangmai (Naga), Lotha, Paite, Pochuri (Naga), Ralte, Simte, Tangkhul (Naga), Tedim, Zeme, Zotung, Zou, Zyphe
Alphabetical index | Language family index
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