Numbers in Oromo

Information about counting in Oromo (Afaan Oromo / ኦሮምኛ), a Cushitic language spoken in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt.

Key abbreviation: m = masculine, f = feminine.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
0	duwwa
1	tokko	tokkoffaa
2	lama	lammaffaa
3	sadi	sadaffaa
4	afur	arfaffaa
5	shan	shanaffaa
6	jaya, jaa'a, jaha	jaa'affaa
7	torba	torbaffaa
8	saddeet	saddeetaffaa
9	sagal	saglaffaa
10	khudan	kurnaffaa
11	khuda-tokko	kudhatokkoffaa
12	khuda-lama	kudhalammaffaa
13	khuda-sadi	kudhasadaffaa
14	khuda-afur	kudharfaffaa
15	khuda-shan	kudhashanaffaa
16	khuda-jaya	kudhajaa'affaa
17	khuda-torba	kudhatorbaffaa
18	khuda-saddeet	kudhasaddeetaffaa
19	khuda-sagal	kudhasaglaffaa
20	digdama	digdamaffaa
21	digdamii-tokko
22	digdamii-lama
23	digdamii-sadi
24	digdamii-afur
25	digdamii-shan
26	digdamii-jaa'a
27	digdamii-torba
28	digdamii-saddeet
29	digdamii-sagal
30	soddoma
40	afurtama
50	shantama
60	jaatama
70	torbatama
80	saddeetama
90	sagaltama
100	dhibba
200	lama dhibba
300	sadi dhibba
400	afur dhibba
500	shan dhibba
600	jaa'a dhibba
700	torba dhibba
800	saddeet dhibba
900	sagal dhibba
1,000	kuma
2,000	lama kuma
3,000	sadi kuma
1 million	milliyoonii, kontomadhibba
once	al-tokko
twice	al-lama

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Links

Information about Oromo numbers
http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-oromo/en/orm/
http://mylanguages.org/oromo_numbers.php
http://learn101.org/oromo_numbers.php
https://www.metaappz.com/Oromiffa_Numbers_Converter/Default.aspx
https://quizlet.com/145545075/afaan-oromo-numbers-flash-cards/

Information about Oromo | Phrases | Numbers

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