How to count in Manjak (Manjáku), a Bak language spoken in Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Gambia.
Notes: the forms of numbers can change depending on what is being counted and/or the first letter of the thing being counted. For example, one is uloole when counting things beginning with u, kaloole for things beginning with k, pëloole for things beginning with p, naloole when counting people, and butek when counting other things.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers |
|---|---|
| 1 | uloole (U), kaloole (K), pëloole (P), naloole (people), butek (other) |
| 2 | ngëtëb (U), itëb (K), këtëb (P), batëb (people), buléng (other) |
| 3 | ngëwaants (U/K/P/people), bëga (other) |
| 4 | ngëbaakër (U/K/P/people), batsi (other) |
| 5 | kañan (U/K/P/people), bëmaaj (other) |
| 6 | paaj (U/K/P/people), bëkas (other) |
| 7 | paaj ni ulon (U), paaj ni kalon (K), paaj ni pëlon (U), paaj ni iñaan / paaj ni nalon (people), baranMak (other) |
| 8 | kwas (U/K/P/people), mkër (other) |
| 9 | kwas ni ulon (U/K/P/people), mlek (other) |
| 10 | utaaja (U/K/P/people), mtaw (other) |
| 11 | untaaja ni uloole (U), untaaja ni kaloole (K), untaaja ni pëloole (U), untaaja ni iñaan / untaaja ni nalon (people), mcam (other) |
| 12 | ùntaaja na këtäb |
| 13 | ùntaaja na kôaants |
| 14 | ùntaaja na këbaakër |
| 15 | ùntaaja na kañan |
| 16 | ùntaaja na paaj |
| 17 | ùntaaja na paaj na plon |
| 18 | ùntaaja na kôass |
| 19 | ùntaaja na kôass na plon |
| 20 | gëntaaja gëtëb |
| 21 | gëntaaja gëtëb na plolé |
| 22 | gëntaaja gëtëb na këtäb |
| 23 | gëntaaja gëtëb na kôaants |
| 24 | gëntaaja gëtëb na këbaakër |
| 25 | gëntaaja gëtëb na kañan |
| 26 | gëntaaja gëtëb na paaj |
| 27 | gëntaaja gëtëb na paaj na plon |
| 28 | gëntaaja gëtëb na kôass |
| 29 | gëntaaja gëtëb na kôass na plon |
| 30 | gëntaaja gôaants |
| 40 | gëntaaja gëbaakër |
| 50 | gëntaaja kañan |
| 60 | gëntaaja paaj |
| 70 | gëntaaja paaj na ùlon |
| 80 | gëntaaja kôass |
| 90 | gëntaaja kôass na ùlon |
| 100 | ùsént |
| 200 | gësént gëtäb |
| 300 | gësént gôaants |
| 400 | gësénts gëbaakër |
| 500 | gësénts kañan |
| 600 | gësénts paaj |
| 700 | gësénts paaj na ùlon |
| 800 | gësénts kôass |
| 900 | gësénts kôass na ùlon |
| 1,000 | ùmiil |
| 2,000 | gëmiil gëtëb |
| 3,000 | gëmiil gôaants |
| 4,000 | gëmiil gëbaakër |
| 5,000 | gëmiil kañan |
| 6,000 | gëmiil paaj |
| 7,000 | gëmiil paaj na ùlon |
| 8,000 | gëmiil kôass |
| 9,000 | gëmiil kôass na ùlon |
| 10,000 | gëmiil ùntaaja |
| 20,000 | gë miil gëntaaja gëtäb |
| 30,000 | gë miil gëntaaja gùaants |
| 40,000 | gë miil gëntaaja gëbaakër |
| 50,000 | gë miil gëntaaja kañan |
Source: Carfa MENDÈS et Michel MALHERBE: ÇË NAKAN MANJAKÙ. PARLONS MANJAK Langue de Guinée-Bissau, 2007.
Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl
Information about Manjak numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Mandjak.htm
https://megambia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/040125-numbers.pdf
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