Wiradjuri numbers

How to count in Wiradjuri, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in New South Wales in Australia.

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Numeral	Cardinal numbers
1	ngumbaay
2	bula
3	bula-ngumbaay
4	bungu bulabu bulabu
5	marra dhina
6	marra ngumbaay ngumbaaybu marrabu
7	marra bula bulabu marrabu
8	marra bula-ngumbaay bulangumbaaybu marrabu
9	marra bungu bungubu marrabu
10	marra marra marrabu marrabu dhinabu dhinabu
11	marra marra ngumbaay ngumbaayu marrabu marrabu
12	marra marra bula bulabu marrabu marrabu
13	marra marra bula-ngumbaay bulangumbaaybu marrabu marrabu
14	marra marra bungu bungubu marrabu marrabu
15	dhina marra marra dhinabu marrabu marrabu
16	dhina marra marra ngumbaay ngumbaaybu dhinabu marrabu marrabu
17	dhina marra marra bula bulabu dhinabu marrabu marrabu
18	dhina marra marra bula-ngumbaay bungubu marrabu bungubu marrabu
19	dhina marra marra bungu bungubu dhinabu marrabu marrabu
20	dhina dhina marra marra dhinabu dhinabu marrabu marrabu

Source: Diane Riley-McNaboe &l Lynette Riley. Wiradjuri Workbook Ngumbaay, 2022.

Compiled by Wolfgang Kuhl

Hear some numbers in Wiradjuri:

Links

Information about counting in Wiradjuri
https://www.sbs.com.au/learn/resources/learn-wiradjuri-volume-1-ngumbaay

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