How to count in Tiv (dzwa Tiv), a Southern Bantoid language spoken mainly in Benue State in southeast Nigeria.
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Numeral | Cardinal |
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1 | mom |
2 | uhar |
3 | utar |
4 | unyiin |
5 | utaan |
6 | ateratar |
7 | utaan-kar-uhar |
8 | anigheni |
9 | utan-kar-unyiin |
10 | pue |
11 | pue kar mom |
12 | pue-kar-uhar |
13 | pue-kar-utar |
14 | pue-kar-unyiin |
15 | pue-kar-utaan |
16 | pue-kar-ateratar |
17 | pue-kar-utaan-kar-uhar |
18 | pue-kar-anigheni |
19 | pue-kar-utan-kar-unyiin |
20 | ikundu |
21 | ikundu-kar-mom |
22 | ikundu-kar-uhar |
23 | ikundu-kar-utar |
24 | ikundu-kar-unyiin |
25 | ikundu-kar-utaan |
26 | ikundu-kar-ateratar |
27 | ikundu-kar-utaan-kar-uhar |
28 | ikundu-kar-anigheni |
29 | ikundu-kar-utan-kar-unyiin |
30 | ikundu-gber |
40 | akundu-ahar |
50 | akundu-ahar-gber |
60 | akundu-atar |
70 | akundu-atar-gber |
80 | akundu-anyiin |
90 | akundu-anyiin-gber |
100 | deri-mom |
1,000 | dubu-mom |
100,000 | dubu-deri-mom |
Hear some numbers in Tiv:
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Information about counting in Tiv
https://tivpeople.com/language
Information about Tiv | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
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