Numbers in Sumbawa

How to count in Sumbawa (Basa Samawa), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the western part of Sumbawa island in Indonesia.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
1	sópó’/se-/sai	pertama (Malay loanword)
2	dua	ke-dua
3	telu	ke-telu
4	empat	ke-empat
5	lima	ke-lima
6	enam	ke-enam
7	pitu’	ke-pitu
8	balu’	ke-balu
9	siwa’	ke-siwa
10	se-pulu	ke-pulu
11	s-olas
12	dua-olas
13	telu-olas
14	empat-olas
15	lima-olas
16	enam-olas
17	pitu-olas
18	balu-olas
19	siwa-olas
20	dua-pulu
21	dua-pulu sai
22	dua-pulu dua
23	dua-pulu telu
24	dua-pulu empat
25	dua-pulu lima
26	dua-pulu enam
27	dua-pulu pitu
28	dua-pulu balu
29	dua-pulu siwa
30	telu-pulu
40	empat-pulu
50	lima-pulu
60	enam-pulu
70	pitu-pulu
80	balu-pulu
90	siwa-pulu
100	se-ratis
200	dua-ratis
300	telu-ratis
400	empat-ratis
500	lima-ratis
600	enam-ratis
700	pitu-ratis
800	balu-ratis
900	siwa-ratis
1,000	se-ribu
2,000	dua-ribu
3,000	telu-ribu
4,000	empat-ribu
5,000	lima-ribu
6,000	enam-ribu
7,000	pitu-ribu
8,000	balu-ribu
9,000	siwa-ribu
10,000	se-pulu-ribu
20,000	dua-pulu-ribu
30,000	telu-pulu-ribu
40,000	empat-pulu-ribu
50,000	lima-pulu-ribu
60,000	enam-pulu-ribu
70,000	pitu-pulu-ribu
80,000	balu-pulu-ribu
90,000	siwa-pulu-ribu
100,000	se-ratis-ribu
200,000	dua-ratis-ribu
300,000	telu-ratis-ribu
400,000	empat-ratis-ribu
500,000	lima-ratis-ribu
600,000	enam-ratis-ribu
700,000	pitu-ratis-ribu
800,000	balu-ratis-ribu
900,000	siwa-ratis-ribu
1,000,000	se-juta

Source: Marian Klamer & František Kratochvíl. Number and quantity in East Nusantara. Asia Pacific Linguistics. The Australian National University. Canberra – 2014.

Information compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

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