Numbers in Tigre

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)

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Links

Information about numbers in Tigre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigre_language
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Tigre_numerals

Information about Tigre | Numbers

Numbers in Semitic languages

Amharic, Arabic (Chadian), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Hejazi), Arabic (Libyan), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Moroccan), Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Tigre, Tigrinya, Turoyo

Numbers in other languages

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