How to count in Manipuri (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ / Miteilon), a Central Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Manipur in the northeast of India. It is also known as Meitei.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 0 (꯰) | ꯐꯨꯟ (phun) |
| 1 (꯱) | ꯑꯃ (ama) |
| 2 (꯲) | ꯑꯅꯤ (ani) |
| 3 (꯳) | ꯑꯍꯨꯝ (ahúm) |
| 4 (꯴) | ꯃꯔꯤ (mari) |
| 5 (꯵) | ꯃꯉꯥ (mangā) |
| 6 (꯶) | ꯇꯔꯨꯛ (taruk) |
| 7 (꯷) | ꯇꯔꯦꯠ (taret) |
| 8 (꯸) | ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜ (nipāl) ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯟ (nipān) |
| 9 (꯹) | ꯃꯥꯄꯜ (māpal) ꯃꯥꯄꯟ (māpan) |
| 10 (꯱꯰) | ꯇꯔꯥ (ta-rā) |
| 11 (꯱꯱) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯃꯥꯊꯣꯢ (tarā-mā-thoi) |
| 12 (꯱꯲) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯅꯤꯊꯣꯢ (tarā-ni-thoi) |
| 13 (꯱꯳) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯍꯨꯝꯗꯣꯢ (tarā-húm-doi) |
| 14 (꯱꯴) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯃꯔꯤ (tarā-mari) |
| 15 (꯱꯵) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯃꯉꯥ (tarā-mangā) |
| 16 (꯱꯶) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯇꯔꯨꯛ (tarā-taruk) |
| 17 (꯱꯷) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯇꯔꯦꯠ (tarā-taret) |
| 18 (꯱꯸) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯜ (tarā-nipāl) ꯇꯔꯥ ꯅꯤꯄꯥꯟ (tarā-nipān) |
| 19 (꯱꯹) | ꯇꯔꯥ ꯃꯥꯄꯜ (tarā-māpal) ꯇꯔꯥ ꯃꯥꯄꯟ (tarā-māpan) |
| 20 (꯲꯰) | ꯀꯨꯜ (kul) ꯀꯨꯟ (kun) |
| 21 (꯲꯱) | ꯀꯨꯟ ꯃꯥꯊꯣꯢ (kun mā-thoi) |
| 22 (꯲꯲) | ꯀꯨꯟ ꯅꯤꯊꯣꯢ (kun ni-thoi) |
| 23 (꯲꯳) | ꯀꯨꯟ ꯍꯨꯝꯗꯣꯢ (kun húm-doi) |
| 30 (꯳꯰) | ꯀꯨꯟꯊ꯭ꯔꯥ (kun-thrā) |
| 40 (꯴꯰) | ꯅꯤꯝꯐꯨ (ni-phú) |
| 50 (꯵꯰) | ꯌꯥꯡꯈꯩ (yāng-khéi) |
| 60 (꯶꯰) | ꯍꯨꯝꯐꯨ (hum-phú) |
| 70 (꯷꯰) | ꯍꯨꯝꯗ꯭ꯔꯥ (hum-drā) ꯍꯨꯝꯐꯨꯇꯔꯥ (hum-phú-tarā) |
| 80 (꯸꯰) | ꯃꯔꯤꯐꯨ (mari-phú) |
| 90 (꯹꯰) | ꯃꯧꯗ꯭ꯔꯥ (mou-drā) ꯃꯔꯤꯐꯨꯗ꯭ꯔꯥ (mari-phú-drā) ꯃꯔꯤꯐꯨꯇꯔꯥ (mari-phú-tarā) |
| 100 (꯱꯰꯰) | ꯆꯥ ꯑꯃ (chāma) |
| 200 (꯲꯰꯰) | ꯆꯥ ꯑꯅꯤ (cha-ni) |
| 300 (꯳꯰꯰) | ꯆꯥ ꯑꯍꯨꯝ (cha-hum) |
| 1,000 (꯱꯰꯰꯰) | ꯂꯤꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯃ (lising ama) |
| 10,000 (꯱꯰꯰꯰꯰) | ꯂꯤꯁꯤꯡꯇꯔꯥ (lising-tarā) |
| 1,00,000 (꯱꯰꯰꯰꯰꯰) | ꯂꯤꯆꯥ (licha) |
| 10,00,000 (꯱꯰꯰꯰꯰꯰꯰) | ꯂꯤꯄꯨꯟꯇꯔꯥ (lipun-tarā) |
Hear some Manipuri numbers:
Information about Manipuri numbers
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Modern_Meitei/Numbers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei_language#Number_words
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Manipuri_numerals
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