Soga numbers
How to count in Soga (luSoga), a Bantu language spoken in
the Busoga region of southern Uganda.
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| Numeral |
Cardinal |
| 0 |
ziiro |
| 1 |
ndala |
| 2 |
ibiri, ibili |
| 3 |
isatu |
| 4 |
inha, ina |
| 5 |
itaanu |
| 6 |
mukaaga |
| 7 |
musanvu |
| 8 |
munaana |
| 9 |
mwenda |
| 10 |
ikumi |
| 11 |
ikumi na ndala |
| 12 |
ikumi n'ibiri * |
| 13 |
ikumi n'isatu |
| 14 |
ikumi n'inha, ikumi n'ina |
| 15 |
ikumi n'itaanu |
| 16 |
ikumi na mukaaga |
| 17 |
ikumi na musanvu |
| 18 |
ikumi na munaana |
| 19 |
ikumi na mwenda |
| 20 |
(makumi) abiri, abili |
| 21 |
abiri na ndala |
| 22 |
abiri n'ibiri |
| 23 |
abiri n'isatu |
| 24 |
abiri n'inha, abiri n'ina |
| 25 |
abiri n'itaanu |
| 26 |
abiri na mukaaga |
| 27 |
abiri na musanvu |
| 28 |
abiri na munaana |
| 29 |
abiri na mwenda |
| 30 |
asatu |
| 31 |
asatu na ndala |
| 40 |
anha, ana |
| 41 |
anha na ndala |
| 50 |
ataanho, ataanu |
| 60 |
nkaaga |
| 70 |
nsanvu |
| 80 |
kinaanha, kinaana |
| 90 |
kyenda |
| 100 |
kikumi, (ki-bi) |
| 200 |
(bikumi) bibiri |
| 300 |
bisatu |
| 400 |
bina |
| 500 |
bitaanu |
| 600 |
lukaaga |
| 700 |
lusanvu |
| 800 |
lunaana |
| 900 |
lwenda |
| 999 |
lwenda na kyenda na mwenda |
| 1,000 |
lukumi, (lu-n) |
| 2,000 |
nkumi ibiri |
| 3,000 |
nkumi isatu |
| 4,000 |
nkumi ina |
| 5,000 |
nkumi itaanu |
| 6,000 |
kakaaga |
| 7,000 |
kasanvu |
| 8,000 |
kanaanha, kanaana |
| 9,000 |
kenda |
| 10,000 |
mutwaalo, omutwalo, (mu-mi) |
| 20,000 |
mitwalto eibiri |
*Note: na is shortened to n' before a vowel
Source: Lusoga Language Manual
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
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