How to count in Malagasy (Fiteny Malagasy), an East Barito language spoken mainly in Madagascar.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | aotra, zerao | |
| 1 | iray | voalohany |
| 2 | roa | faharoa |
| 3 | telo | fahatelo |
| 4 | efatra | fahefatra |
| 5 | dimy | fahadimy |
| 6 | enina | fahenina |
| 7 | fito | fahafito |
| 8 | valo | fahavalo |
| 9 | sivy | fahasivy |
| 10 | folo | fahafolo |
| 11 | iraika ambinʼny folo | faha-iraika ambinʼny folo |
| 12 | roa ambinʼny folo | faharoa ambinʼny folo |
| 13 | telo ambinʼny folo | fahatelo ambinʼny folo |
| 14 | efatra ambinʼny folo | fahafatra ambinʼny folo |
| 15 | dimy ambinʼny folo | fahadimy ambinʼny folo |
| 16 | enina ambinʼny folo | fahenina ambinʼny folo |
| 17 | fito ambinʼny folo | fahafito ambinʼny folo |
| 18 | valo ambinʼny folo | fahavalo ambinʼny folo |
| 19 | sivy ambinʼny folo | fahasivy ambinʼny folo |
| 20 | roapolo | faharoapolo |
| 21 | iraika amby roapolo | faha-iraika amby roapolo |
| 22 | roa amby roapolo | faharoa amby roapolo |
| 23 | telo amby roapolo | fahatelo amby roapolo |
| 24 | efatra amby roapolo | fahefatra amby roapolo |
| 25 | dimy amby roapolo | fahadimy amby roapolo |
| 26 | enina amby roapolo | fahenina amby roapolo |
| 27 | fito amby roapolo | fahafito amby roapolo |
| 28 | valo amby roapolo | fahavalo amby roapolo |
| 29 | sivy amby roapolo | fahasivy amby roapolo |
| 30 | telopolo | fahatelopolo |
| 31 | iraika amby telopolo | fahairaika amby telopolo |
| 40 | efapolo | fahefapolo |
| 50 | dimampolo | fahadimampolo |
| 60 | enimpolo | fahenimpolo |
| 70 | fitopolo | fahafitopolo |
| 80 | valopolo | fahavalopolo |
| 90 | sivifolo | fahasivifolo |
| 100 | zato | fahazato |
| 101 | iraika amby zato | faha-iraika amby zato |
| 110 | folo amby zato | fahafolo amby zato |
| 120 | roapolo amby zato | faharoapolo amby zato |
| 137 | fito amby telopolo amby zato | fahafito amby telopolo amby zato |
| 200 | roanjato | faharoanjato |
| 300 | telonjato | fahatelonjato |
| 400 | efajato | fahefajato |
| 500 | dimanjato | fahadimanjato |
| 600 | eninjato | faheninjato |
| 700 | fitonjato | fahafitonjato |
| 800 | valonjato | fahavalonjato |
| 900 | sivinjato | fahasivinjato |
| 1,000 | arivo | faharivo |
| 1,978 | valo amby fitopolo sy sivinjato sy arivo | fahavalo amby fitopolo sy sivinjato sy arivo |
| 2,000 | roa arivo | faharoa arivo |
| 3,000 | telo arivo | fahatelo arivo |
| 4,000 | efatra arivo | fahefatra arivo |
| 5,000 | dimy arivo | fahadimy arivo |
| 6,000 | enina arivo | fahenina arivo |
| 7,000 | fito arivo | fahafito arivo |
| 8,000 | valo arivo | fahavalo arivo |
| 9,000 | sivy arivo | fahasivy arivo |
| 10,000 | iray alina | faha- iray alina |
| 100,000 | iray hetsy | faha-iray hetsy |
| 1,000,000 | iray tapitrisa | faha-iray tapitrisa |
| 1,000,000,000 | arivo tapitrisa | faharivo tapitrisa |
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Malagasy numbers supplied by Wolfgang Kuhl
Source: Малагасийско-Русский и Русско-Малагасийский Разговорник. Москва - 1981. Resadresaka Tsotra Aminʼny Teny Malagasy Sy Rosiana. Русско-Малагасийский Словарь. Москва - 1970. Diksionary Rosianina-Malagasy. Малагасийско-Русский Словарь. Москва - 1966/1987. Dikisionary Malgasy-Rosiana.
Information about numbers and counting in Malagasy
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/language/number/malagasy.html
http://mylanguages.org/malagasy_numbers.php
http://www.wildmadagascar.org/people/malagasy-numbers.html
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