How to count in Saho (Saahot Af), an East Lowland Cushitic language spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | inik | afti tiya (m), afti tiyä (f) |
| 2 | lamma | malamma (m), malammä (f) |
| 3 | adox | maddaxa (m), maddaxä (f) |
| 4 | afar | mafarra (m), mafarrä (f) |
| 5 | koon | makawwana (m), makawwanä (f) |
| 6 | lix | lixya tiya (m), lixta tiyä (f) |
| 7 | malxin | malxinya tiya (m), malxinta tiyä (f) |
| 8 | baxar | maxarya tiya (m), maxarta tiyä (f) |
| 9 | sagal | sagalya tiya (m), sagalta tiyä (f) |
| 10 | taman | tamanya tiya (m), tamanta tiyä (f) |
| 11 | inikámke táman | inikámke táman ya tíya |
| 12 | lammánke táman | lammánke táman ya tiya |
| 13 | adooxamke táman | adooxamke táman ya tíya |
| 14 | afaarámke táman | afaarámke táman ya tíya |
| 15 | koonámke táman | koonámke táman ya tíya |
| 16 | lixámke táman | lixámke táman ya tíya |
| 17 | malxinámke táman | malxinámke táman ya tíya |
| 18 | baxxarámke táman | baxxarámke táman ya tíya |
| 19 | sagalámke táman | sagalámke táman ya tíya |
| 20 | lamaatánna | lamaatánna ya tíya |
| 21 | lamaatánna kee inik | |
| 22 | lamaatánna kee lamma | |
| 23 | lamaatánna kee adox | |
| 24 | lamaatánna kee afar | |
| 25 | lamaatánna kee koon | |
| 26 | lamaatánna kee lix | |
| 27 | lamaatánna kee malxin | |
| 28 | lamaatánna kee baxar | |
| 29 | lamaatánna kee sagal | |
| 30 | soddom | soddom ya tíya |
| 40 | morootom | morootom ya tíya |
| 50 | kontom | kontom ya tíya |
| 60 | laxtam | laxtam ya tíya |
| 70 | malxintómon | malxintómon ya tíya |
| 80 | boxortómon | boxortómon ya tíya |
| 90 | bool ságla | bool ságla ya tíya |
| 100 | bôol | bôol ya tíya |
| 1,000 | sîix | sîix ya tíya |
Source: Esayas Tajebe. Descriptive Grammar of Saaho. Addis Ababa University. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 2015.
Some information provide by Wolfgang Kuhl
Hear some numbers in Saho:
Information about counting in Saho
https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Saho/Vocabulary/Numbers
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Saho.htm
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