How to count in Songe (Kisonge), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mune, munenka, mukenka, muenka, umune | a kuibedi, a ku mpala, a ku meso |
| 2 | bidi, bidinka, ibidi | a kabidi, a kabidinka |
| 3 | satu, satunka, isatu | a kasatu, a kasatunka |
| 4 | nanka, inanka | a kananka |
| 5 | tanu, itano | a katanu |
| 6 | samombo, isamombo | a kasamombo |
| 7 | musambobidi | a musambobidi |
| 8 | muanda | a muanda |
| 9 | kiteme, kitema | a kitena |
| 10 | ekumi | 'ekumi |
| 11 | ekumi na (u)mune | |
| 12 | ekumi na bidinka, ekumi na ibidi | |
| 13 | ekumi na isatu | |
| 14 | ekumi na inanka | |
| 15 | ekumi na itano | |
| 16 | ekumi na isamombo | |
| 17 | ekumi na musambobidi | |
| 18 | ekumi na muanda | |
| 19 | ekumi na kitema | |
| 20 | makumi abidinka, makumi abidi | |
| 21 | makumi abidi na umw | |
| 22 | makumi abidi na ibidi | |
| 23 | makumi abidi na isatu | |
| 24 | makumi abidi na inanka | |
| 25 | makumi abidi na itano | |
| 26 | makumi abidi na isamombo | |
| 27 | makumi abidi na musambobidi | |
| 28 | makumi abidi na muanda | |
| 29 | makumi abidi na kitema | |
| 30 | makumi asatunka | |
| 30 | makumi asatu | |
| 40 | makumi ananka | |
| 50 | makumi atano | |
| 60 | makumi asamombo | |
| 70 | makumi musambobidi | |
| 80 | makumi muanda | |
| 90 | makumi kitema | |
| 100 | lukama, kitoto | |
| 200 | nkama ibidinka, nkama ibidi | |
| 300 | nka,a isatunka | |
| 1,000 | kanunu, kinunu | |
| 10,000 | tununu ekumi | |
| 100,000 | tununu kitoto |
Sources: https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Songe.htm
Grammaire du Kisonge : Classes et Noms
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Information about Songe | Numbers
Baba, Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Comorian, Duala, Ewondo, Fang, Gungu, Gusii, Gwere, Herero, Ibinda, Kabwa, Kamba, Kanyok, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kogo, Kongo, Kunda, Kwangali, Lingala, Lomwe, Lozi, Luba-Katanga (Kiluba), Luchazi, Luganda, Luvale, Makhuwa, Maore, Mbunda, Mwani, Ndebele (Northern), Ndebele (Southern), Ndonga, Ngoni, Njebi, Nkore, Nyole, Nyungwe, Oshiwambo, Punu, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Songe. Sotho (Northern), Sotho (Southern), Suba, Swahili, Swati, Taita, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Xhosa, Yao, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu
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