Numbers in Malay and Indonesian

How to count in Malay (Bahasa Melayu), a Malayic language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand.

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Numeral	Cardinal	Ordinal
0	sifar / kosong
1	satu	pertama / kesatu
2	dua	kedua
3	tiga	ke tiga
4	empat	keempat
5	lima	kelima
6	enam	keenam
7	tujuh	ketujuh
8	lapan	kelapan
9	sembilan	kesembilan
10	sepuluh	kesepuluh
11	sebelas	kesebelas
12	dua belas	kedua belas
13	tiga belas	ketiga belas
14	empat belas	keempat belas
15	lima belas	kelima belas
16	enam belas	keenam belas
17	tujuh belas	ketujuh belas
18	lapan belas	kelapan belas
19	sembilan belas	kesembilan belas
20	dua puluh	kedua puluh
21	dua puluh satu	kedua puluh satu
22	dua puluh dua	kedua puluh dua
23	dua pulu tiga	kedua pulu tiga
24	dua pulu empat	kedua pulu empat
25	dua pulu lima	kedua pulu lima
26	dua pulu enam	kedua pulu enam
27	dua pulu tujuh	kedua pulu tujuh
28	dua pulu lapan	kedua pulu lapan
29	dua pulu sembilan	kedua pulu sembilan
30	tiga puluh	ketiga puluh
40	empat puluh	keempat puluh
50	lima puluh	kelima puluh
60	enam puluh	keenam puluh
70	tujuh puluh	ketujuh puluh
80	lapan puluh	kelapan puluh
90	sembilan puluh	kesembilan puluh
100	seratus / ratus	keseratus / kesatu ratus
200	dua ratus	kedua ratus
300	tiga ratus	ketiga ratus
400	empat ratus	keempat ratus
500	lima ratus	kelima ratus
600	enam ratus	keenam ratus
700	tujuh ratus	ketujuh ratus
800	lapan ratus	kelapan ratus
900	sembilan ratus	kesembilan ratus
1000	seribu / satu ribu	keseribu / kesatu ribu
1100	seribu seratus	keseribu seratus
1200	seribu duaratus	keseribu duaratus
1300	seribu tigaratus	keseribu tigaratus
2000	dua ribu	kedua ribu
10,000	sepuluh ribu	kesepuluh ribu
100,000	seratus ribu	keseratus ribu
1 million	sejuta / satu juta	kesejuta / kesatu juta
1 billion	satu bilion	kesatu bilion
1 trillion	satu trilion	kesatu trilion

Information compiled by C L Tan

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Notes

Compound number example: 12,345 = dua belas ribu tiga ratus empat puluh lima

For ordinals you add the prefix "ke-"; e.g. 2nd is "kedua", 10th is "kesepuluh", 21st is "kedua puluh satu"; however, although accepted, "kesatu" is rarely used for 1st; "pertama" (a Sanskrit loanword) is widely used instead.

Links

Information about numbers in Malay
http://mylanguages.org/malay_numbers.php

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