Maithili numbers

How to count in Maithili, a Bihari language spoken in the Indian state Bihar, and in the Terai region of Nepal.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
1	ek	pahil, pəhil
2	dū	dosar, dosər
3	tīn	tesar, tesər
4	cāri *	cārim, carim
5	pãc	pãcam, pãcem
6	cha:	chaṭham, chəṭhem, chɔəm,
7	sāt	sātam
8	āṭh	āṭham
9	náu, nɔ	náuam
10	dash	dasham, dəsəm, dɔsəm etc.
11	egārah	(numeral + -am)
12	bārah
13	terah, terəh
14	cáudah
15	pandrah
16	solah
17	satarah
18	aṭhārah
19	unnais, unəis
20	bīs
21	ekais
22	bāis
23	tais
24	cáubis
25	paccīs, pəcis
26	chabbīs
27	sattāis
28	aṭhṭāis
29	untīs, untis
30	tīs
31	ektīs
32	battīs, bəttis
33	táitīs
34	cáũtīs
35	páītīs
36	chattīs
37	sáītīs
38	ãrtīs
39	uncālīs, uncalis
40	cālīs
41	ektālīs
42	bayālīs
43	táitālīs
44	cáuwālīs, cəualis
45	páītālīs, pætalis
46	chiyālīs, chialis, chyalis, chealis
47	sāītālīs, sætalis
48	ãrtālīs, ərcalis,
49	uncās, uncas
50	paccās, pəcas
51	ekāwan, ekabən
52	bāwan, babən
53	tirpann, tirpən
54	cáuwan, cəubən
55	pacpan, pəcpən
56	chappan, chəppən
57	santāwan, səntabən
58	anṭhāwan, ənṭhabən
59	unsaṭhi *, unsəiṭh
60	sāṭhi *
61	eksāṭhi *
62	bāsāṭhi *
63	tirsāṭhi *
64	cáusāṭhi *
65	páīsāṭhi *
66	chyāsāṭhi *
67	sãrsāṭhi *
68	ãrsāṭhi *
69	unhattari *, unhəttəir
70	sattar
71	ekhattari *
72	bahattari *
73	tīhattari *
74	cáuhattari *
75	pacahattari *
76	chihatari *
77	satahattari *
78	aṭhattari *
79	unnāsī, unasi
80	assī
81	ekāsī
82	birāsī
83	tīrāsī
84	cáurāsī, cəurasi
85	paccāsī, pəcasi
86	chiyāsī, chiasi, chyasi, cheasi
87	sattāsī, sətasi
88	aṭhāsī, əṭhasi
89	nabāsī, nəbasi
90	nabbe
91	ekānbe, ekanbe
92	birānbe, biranbe, byanbe
93	tirānbe, tiranbe
94	cáurānbe, cəuranbe
95	panncānbe, pəncanbe
96	chiyānbe, chianbe, chyanbe, cheanbe
97	santānbe, səntanbe
98	annṭhānbe, ənṭhanbe
99	ninānbe, ninanbe
100	say, sæ; ek sæ [one hundred]
101	ek say ek, ek sæ ek
200	dū say
300	tīn say
400	cāri say
500	pãc say
600	cha: say
700	sāt say
729	sāt say untīs
800	āṭh say
900	nāu say
1,000	hajār, həjar; ek həjar [one thousand]
2,000	dū hajār
3,000	tīn hajār
4,000	cāri hajār
5,000	pãc hajār
6,000	cha: hajār
7,000	sāt hajār
8,000	āṭh hajār
9,000	náu hajār
10,000	dash hajār
100,000	lākh
10 million	karoṛ, kəror

Note

A Maithili word marked by * indicates that the spoken form differs from the spelling given. In almost every case the difference involves the pronunciation of the i vowel before rather than after the consonant written.

Hear some Maithili numbers:

Sources:
- Alice Irene Davis/Motilal Banarsidass. Basic Colloquial Maithili. A Maithili-Nepali-English Vocabulary with some Structure Notes, pg. 141 – 142. Delhi – 1984.
- Ramawatar Yadav. A Reference Grammar of Maithili. Berlin – New York – 1995.

Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl

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