How to count in Tigre (ትግረ), a South Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and Sudan.
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| Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (፩) | ሐተ (ḥate), ሐንተ (ḥante), አሮ ('aro) | አወል (awel), ቀዳም (q’edam) |
| 2 (፪) | ክልኤ (kili’ē) | ከልእ (kaal'e) |
| 3 (፫) | ሰለአስ (sel'ās) | ሰልስ (saals) |
| 4 (፬) | አርበዕ ('arbaʽe) | ረብዕ (raab'e) |
| 5 (፭) | ሐምስ (ḥams), ሐሙስ (ḥamus) | ሐምስ (ḥaams) |
| 6 (፮) | ስእስ (si'es), ሱስ (sus) | ሰድስ (saads) |
| 7 (፯) | ሰቡዕ (sebuʽi) | ሰብዕ (saab'e) |
| 8 (፰) | ሰመን (seman) | ሰምን (saamn) |
| 9 (፱) | ሰዕ (siʽe) | ተስዕ (taas'e) |
| 10 (፲) | ዐስር (ʽasir) | ዐስር ('asr) |
| 11 (፲፩) | ዐስር-ሐተ (ʽasir-hatte) | |
| 12 (፲፪) | ዐስር-ክልኤ (ʽasir-kil'e) | |
| 13 (፲፫) | ዐስር-ሰለአስ (ʽasir-sel'ās) | |
| 14 (፲፬) | ዐስር-አርበዕ (ʽasir-'arbaʽe) | |
| 15 (፲፭) | ዐስር-ሐምስ (ʽasir-ḥams) | |
| 16 (፲፮) | ዐስር-ስእስ (ʽasir-si'es) | |
| 17 (፲፯) | ዐስር-ሰቡዕ (ʽasir-sebuʽi) | |
| 18 (፲፰) | ዐስር-ሰመን (ʽasir-seman) | |
| 19 (፲፱) | ዐስር-ሰዕ (ʽasir-siʽe) | |
| 20 (፳) | ዕስረ (ʽisra) | |
| 21 | ዕስረ ወክልኤ (ʽisra w kili’ē) | |
| 30 (፴) | ሰለሰ (selasa) | |
| 40 (፵) | አርበዐ (arbaʽa) | |
| 50 (፶) | ሐምሰ (ḥamsa) | |
| 100 (፻) | ምእት (mi'et) | |
| 1,000 (፲፻) | አልፍ ('alf) |
Hear some Tigre numbers:
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Information about numbers in Tigre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigre_language
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Tigre_numerals
Information about Tigre | Numbers
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